Claim : Turks are not into online porn, fact : Turks aren’t allowed to visit porn

Turkish internet users are not into online porn, virtual gambling or match-making sites, instead they are frequent visitors of websites for art, news, music, movies and literature, an Turkish NGO president stated in a presentation to the Turkish Parliament, citing a report from the European Council.

Istanbul / NationalTurk – Thanks for your porn offer but i am interested in art and literature, got some? Here is your typical Turkish internet user according to a claim from Alternative Informatics Association head Ali Rıza Keleş, allegedly backed up by a recent European Council report which states that Turkish internet users most interested in art, news, music, movies, health and literature and are not into online porn or gambling.

The over his head president Keleş presented the information to Turkish Parliament’s Information and Internet Commission. According to the report the five web topics Turkish Internet users are most interested in are news, movies, music, art, literature and health. The website categories Turks are least interested in were listed as games, porn, romance and match-making.

Turks are not into online porn ! : Wanna seduce a Turk ? Offer him a newspaper or medicine

The same internet research indicates also that Turks are not the only ‘ good and brave kids ‘ in the virtual world. Europeans allegedly also close their eyes to porn, the European Council report points out. Hungarians were found to visit mostly style, game, news and music sites, and to refrain from sites related to the government, drugs, religion, politics and gambling. The same report also revealed the U.K.’s most-visited sites deal with fashion, music and online shopping.

In a separate presentation, the president of the Development Ministry’s Information and Society Department, Emin Sadık Aydın, states Turkish Internet users are reading mostly online newspapers and magazines, quoting his own info and the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). Turks are interested in political issues, networking, academic and career opportunities and internet banking, he added to his statement.

Turkey : Access to many porn, gambling sites is barred

This seems such a mislead report and information, obviously an attempt from governing AKP (Justice and Development Party) to deceive the Turkish population and first and foremost themselves. In Turkey, access to many porn sites, gambling and betting sites is denied, regulated mainly by AKP government. In October 2008 the Turkish Minister of Transport Binali Yıldırım defended the bans for many cites, not only arguablly less-important sites like porn, gambling etc. but websites with political content, stating ‘ Practices are needed to protect young people and the public at large from harmful material online’.

So if someone claims that Turks are not into online porn, its from practical reasons not from moral ones. By the way Turks do love hamsters !

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