Following school attacks in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş and incidents around a school in Manisa, authorities launched an operation targeting provocative content online. Of the 3,810 people detained during the operation, 304 were arrested by court order.
Cyber monitoring and operations
At the direction of Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, teams from the General Directorate of Security’s Department for Combating Cybercrime conducted open-source cyber monitoring and surveillance activities online after the incidents.

Operations were carried out against individuals found to have disseminated provocative content. Of the suspects detained, 304 were arrested by court order.

Access blocked to 12,141 URLs
Access-blocking orders were enforced for 12,141 URLs, including digital games that encourage children to violence and Telegram channels belonging to an organization called “C31K.”

Authorities also identified 33 pieces of content calling for gatherings, press statements and marches online. The necessary measures were taken concerning this content.