Turkey’s digital rights landscape is shaped by a growing tension between sophisticated legal architecture and systematic enforcement that undermines the very rights it claims to protect. Content censorship, platform liability, the criminalization of online speech, and an inadequate data protection framework have created an environment in which digital freedoms are eroding — often without adequate public debate or cross-sectoral response. 

Digital Rights Turkey: Learn, Engage, Govern is a non-partisan, multi-stakeholder initiative designed to build digital rights competency across key sectors of Turkish society. Through tailored online workshops for journalists, researchers, academics, and political actors, as well as two high-level in-person convenings in Istanbul and Ankara, the project fosters direct dialogue, breaks down knowledge silos, and works toward the development of concrete policy recommendations. A series of written outputs and short videos will ensure lasting public impact beyond the events themselves. 

Implemented by D84. Supported by Fritt Ord.