At the end of this year, Turkey will have its first digital civil rights group. Foundational work started in April 2003. Initiator is Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, the founder and director of Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties (UK).

According to Akdeniz, the organisation aims to protect the interests of all honest, law-abiding Turkish Internet users with the aim of promoting free speech and privacy on the Internet in Turkey. The organisation will be actively involved with the Internet policy-making processes of the Turkish Government, the European Union, Council of Europe, OECD, and the United Nations. Turkish cyber-rights will co-operate as much as possible with other civil liberties and public interest organisations working in this field outside Turkey.

For further information contact Dr. Yaman Akdeniz lawya at cyber-rights.org