By Kody Fairfield The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is reporting that their staff reporter, Dion Nissenbaum, was detained by Turkish authorities for 2 1/2 days this past week for allegedly violating a government ban on publication of images from an Islamic State video. Nissenbaum, who is a United States citizen and returned to the US on Saturday, was taken…
By Saagar Enjeti UPDATE 12/19/16 1:00PM EST: The Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, has been assassinated by a Turkish police officer. The attack is reportedly in retaliation for the recent crisis ongoing in Allepo, Syria, according to The Mirror UK. The gunman reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” and said in Turkish “We die in Aleppo, you die here”…
by Kyle Perkins Many Sites Blocked By Turkey From its People On Sunday evening, several websites were once again blocked from Turkey. Specifically, Turkey is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Paypal. Citizens of Turkey with Paypal accounts, for example, are needing to use VPNs to access their Paypal accounts. VPN means virtual private network, and what a VPN…