Turkey, an ICANN hub, may leave the internet

No comment so far from Fadi Chehade et al, but I wonder--if Turkey leaves the internet, will ICANN leave Turkey (Istanbul is one of ICANN's three headquarters--called "tri-quarters" as explained by Fadi Chehade, ICANN CEO, at the first link above).

Turkey mulls leaving World Wide Web, minister says - Trend.Az: ". . . ."Instead of www, a ttt system can be formed. Turkey and other countries can establish their own domains. Such a move would detach the Internet systems from each other. This is a controversial issue," Elvan said. . . . Elvan's statement needs clarification, experts say, as it has not been previously known that any country, even China with its powerful censorship tool "Great Firewall", has left or plans to leave the main backbone of the Internet, which may lead to the establishment of "national intranets." The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit organization that coordinates the Internet's global domain name system, did not reply to Hurriyet Daily News' query seeking comment on April 19. "We have reached a consensus to 'neutralize' malicious content that is the object of court decisions by pixelating," Elvan had said in a written statement on April 17. YouTube remains blocked in Turkey since March 27 despite a court order."

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Internet Freedom Repressed in Turkey, ICANN Hub

I wrote about this previously, but ICANN still appears to be, by its silence, supporting repressive governments who oppose internet freedom -- in ICANN's case it chose to locate 1 of its 3 tri-quarters (that is what ICANN calls its 3 headquarters) in Turkey (the other two are in Singapore and LA) --

Censorship in Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Turkey ranked 138 in the Reporters Without Borders' 2010 Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index. In 2011-2012 Turkey ranked 148 out of 169 countries in the Reporters Without Borders list. Within the framework of negotiations with the European Union, the EU has requested that Turkey issue various legal reforms in order to improve freedom of expression and press. On 20 March, 2014, Twitter was banned throughout Turkey and a week later on March 27, YouTube was also banned."

Google Online Security Blog: Google’s Public DNS intercepted in Turkey: "Posted by Steven Carstensen, Software Engineer Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:45 PM   We have received several credible reports and confirmed with our own research that Google’s Domain Name System (DNS) service has been intercepted by most Turkish ISPs (Internet Service Providers)...."

You think ICANN cares about internet freedom? Better think again.


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