Yaman Akdeniz

Leeds, UK/Istanbul, Turkey
2003 - 2006 IPF Fellow

Yaman Akdeniz, founder of the think tank Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties, promotes open information and policymaking utilizing new technologies.

Promoting open information and policymaking in Turkey.

Fellow Yaman Akdeniz (co-funded with the OSI Information Programs) was invited by the Prime Minister of Turkey to discuss issues related to his fellowship research on the modernization of Turkey's policy processes as a keynote speaker at a seminar of civil servants. His fellowship report entitled Internet Governance: Toward the Modernization of the Policymaking Process in Turkey published by the Turkish Informatics Society attracted significant media coverage and public debate.

Affiliation: Founder and Director of Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK); Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds.
e-mail: akdeniz@policy.hu
website: http://www.policy.hu/akdeniz/

Fellow projects

2005 - 2006: Freedom of information in Turkey: A critical assessment
The objectives of the project are to analyze the implementation and application of the Turkish Right to Information Act by the central government (Ministries) and local governments (Municipalities) together with the decisions made by the Turkish Freedom of Information Council; produce a final country report -based upon this research- with research findings and policy recommendations to coincide with the publication of the second annual report of the Freedom of Information Council; promote access to information and the successes and shortfalls of implementing the Turkish Right to Information Act as a useful model for other countries in the Central European region; target the findings of this project to non-governmental organizations, to civil society activists, to Turkish and Central European civil servants and government officials, as well as to the OSI network; and write research and policy study with policy recommendations for policy makers.

Working groups: Information Policy
Relevant countries: Turkey

2003 - 2004: Information society in Turkey: Civil society participation in the policymaking process
The objectives of the project are to conduct research on legal and policy developments involving the establishment of an information society in Turkey; assess the impact of civil society participation on the current policymaking process in Turkey and develop recommendations for future action; provide training to NGO and civil society representatives and academics working in the field of law and policy issues involving e-democracy, human rights and the Internet in Turkey; and write a research and policy paper for the Turkish government and parliamentarians, NGOs such as Turkiye Bilisim Vakfi and Internet ve Hukuk Platformu, and the Turkey offices of the European Commission and Council of Europe.

Working groups: Policy Networks and Administrative Reform, Modernization, Globalization, and Islam, Anti-Corruption Policy, Information Policy
Relevant countries: Turkey

Fellow's bibliography

• Yaman Akdeniz ; OSCE
  • TESZT Who Watches the Watchmen? The Role of Filtering Software in Internet Content Regulation 101-125-101-125. Vienna:
    2004.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • Internet Governance: Towards the modernization of policy making process in Turkey Istanbul: Papatya Yayincilik.
    2003.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; OSCE
  • Internet Governance, and Freedom in Turkey 29-43-29-43. Vienna:
    2003.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • Case Report: Court of Appeal Clarifies the Law on Downloading Child Pornography from the Web Computer Law & Security Report, 18 6: 433-435-433-435.
    2002.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Wall,D. S.
  • Controlling Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet 113-140-113-140. London: Routledge.
    2001.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • Case Analysis of (the Yahoo case) League Against Racism and Antisemitism (LICRA), French Union of Jewish Students, v Yahoo! Inc. (USA), Yahoo France Electronic Business Law Reports, 1 3: 110-120-110-120.
    2000.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Gibson,R. ; Ward,S.
  • Policing the Internet: Regulation and censorship 169-188-169-188. Ashgate.
    2000.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • New Privacy Concerns: ISPs, Crime Prevention and Consumers' Rights International Review of Law Computers & Technology, 14 1: 55-61-55-61.
    2000.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Walker,C. ; Wall,D.
  • Child Pornography 231-249-231-249. Addison Wesley Longman.
    2000.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • The Regulation of Internet Content in Europe: Governmental Control vs. Self-Responsibility Swiss Political Science Review, 5 2: 123-131-123-131.
    1999.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • Child Pornography on the Internet New Law Journal, 148 451-452-451-452.
    1998.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • The European Union and illegal and harmful content on the Internet Journal of Civil Liberties, 3 1: 31-36-31-36.
    1998.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Jones,Derek
  • Cyberspace; Online Service Providers as Censors Fitzroy Dearborn.
    1998.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Edwards,L. ; Waelde,C.
  • Governance of Pornography and Child Pornography on the Global Internet: A Multi-Layered Approach 223-241-223-241. Hart Publishing.
    1997.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • Copyright and the Internet New Law Journal, 147 6798: 965, 966-965, 966.
    1997.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • Cryptography and Liberty: Can the Trusted Third Parties be Trusted? A Critique of the Recent UK Proposals The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT), 2
    1997.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • The Regulation of Pornography and Child Pornography on the Internet The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT), 1
    1997.
• Yaman Akdeniz
  • Computer Pornography: A Comparative Study of the US and UK Obscenity Laws and Child Pornography Laws in Relation to the Internet International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, 10 2: 235-263-235-263.
    1996.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Bell,J. ; Tabatoni,P.
  • La vie privée et l’Internet: Perspectives du Royaume-Uni 151-160-151-160. Paris: PUF.
    2002.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Bohm,N. ; Walker,C.
  • Internet Privacy: Cyber-Crimes vs Cyber-Rights Computers & Law, 10 1:
    1999.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Bowden,C.
  • Cryptography and Democracy: Dilemmas of Freedom 81-125-81-125. London: Pluto Press.
    1999.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Walker,C.
  • Anti-Terrorism laws and data retention: war is over? Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 54 2: 159-182-159-182.
    2003.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Walker,C. ; Wall,D.
  • Whisper Who Dares: Encryption, privacy rights and the new world order 317-349-317-349. Addison Wesley Longman.
    2000.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Walker,C. P.
  • The governance of the Internet in Europe with special reference to illegal and harmful content Criminal Law Review, December Special Edition 5-19-5-19.
    1998.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Walker,C. ; Wall,D.
  • The Internet, Law and Society Addison Wesley Longman.
    2000.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Akdeniz,Yamen ; Strossen,N. ; Walker,C. ; Wall,D.
  • Sexually Oriented Expression 207-231-207-231. Addison Wesley Longman.
    2000.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Ellison,L.
  • Cyber-stalking: the Regulation of Harassment on the Internet Criminal Law Review, December Special Edition 29-48-29-48.
    1998.
• Yaman Akdeniz ; Rogers,W. R. H. ; Akdeniz, Yaman: Walker, C. ; Wall,D.
  • Defamation on the Internet Addison Wesley Longman.
    2000.