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Pornography in Turkey

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Any person who produces audio-visual or written material containing sexual intercourse by using violence, or with animals, or body of a dead person, or performed in an unnatural manner; or engages in import, sale, transportation, storage of these materials or presents such material to other's use, is
169:, introduced a bill to ban the sales of pornographic images to anyone under the age of 16. The proposed bill also included a provision that anyone over the age of 16 purchasing such materials would be registered in a database via a Citizen Identification Number. The bill didn't become a 1824: 1820: 30:. But access to pornographic sites is blocked. According to a presentation on the "conscious use of the Internet and secure Internet service," made by the Telecommunications Department (TIB) of the Turkish Parliament, 2 million online users watch 87:, when the government strictly prohibited graphic sex in cinema. In the late 1990s, Turkish pornography experienced a minor renaissance, producing cheap, low quality material. Modern producers of Turkish porn are centered in 1260: 1446: 141:
A person who broadcasts or publishes obscene images, printed or audio material or who acts as an intermediary for this purpose shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of six months to three years.
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in that definition. The article 226/7 provides exemptions for scientific works; and with the exception of child pornography, to works that have literary or artistic value.
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After a long period of producing Italian-inspired softcore comedies in the 1970s, the hardcore film
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in Turkey. However, the Turkish Penal Code imposes some restrictions. In addition to prohibiting
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Further, regarding the broadcasting of pornographic materials, the Turkish Penal Code states:
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In May 2006, the government banned the four erotic television channels only from the Turkish
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Tzankova, Veronika (July 2015). "Watching porn in Turkey: women, sex, and paradigm shifts".
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has been produced since the 1970s. In fact, Turkey remains just one of two
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Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990
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punished with imprisonment from one year to four years.
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Legal objections to pornography in the United States
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President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography
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10.1080/23268743.2015.1061745
"IN TURKEY, PORN ISN'T ILLEGAL, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED THE GOVERNMENT FROM TRYING TO BLOCK IT"
"2 million Turks on porn websites every minute: report"


Turkish Penal Code
"Yargıtay'dan 'doğal olmayan ilişki' görüntülerine hapis istemi"
"VPN and Wikizeroo"
Turkish government bans porn channels
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