Editing Voice of America (section)

=== Turkey ===
On June 30, 2022, the Turkish media watchdog, [[Radio and Television Supreme Council]] (RTÜK), blocked access to VOA's website amerikaninsesi.com in [[Turkey]] because VOA had not applied for the necessary licence, which would subject VOA to certain obligations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2023/08/23/us-concerned-by-turkeys-threat-to-silence-voa-turkish/|title=US 'Concerned' by Turkey's Threat to Silence VOA Turkish|first=Hamdi Firat|last=Buyuk|date=August 23, 2023|accessdate=March 3, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-30 |title=Turkey blocks access to Deutsche Welle, Voice of America for not getting licenses – official |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/turkey-blocks-access-deutsche-welle-voice-america-not-getting-licenses-official-2022-06-30/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630211954/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/turkey-blocks-access-deutsche-welle-voice-america-not-getting-licenses-official-2022-06-30/ |archive-date=June 30, 2022}}</ref> The RTÜK regulation requires foreign news outlets that publish in Turkey to apply for publication licenses, mandates that at least half of the media organization be owned by a Turkish citizen, and would force VOA to remove content deemed inappropriate by RTÜK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkeys-media-watchdog-rtuk-once-again-orders-dw-to-apply-for-license-news-63301|title=Turkey's media watchdog RTÜK once again orders DW to apply for license|first=Duvar|last=English|date=October 11, 2023|website=www.duvarenglish.com }}</ref> VOA Turkish subsequently broadcast over a different VOA website domain name, voaturkce.com, which in August 2023 was blocked as well.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-website-banned-in-turkey-for-lack-of-broadcast-license/7246368.html|title=VOA Website Banned in Turkey for Lack of Broadcast License|date=August 29, 2023|website=Voice of America}}</ref> VOA said that "Given VOA's status as a public service international broadcaster legally required to provide 'accurate, objective, and comprehensive' news coverage to its global audience, VOA cannot comply with any directive intended to enable censorship."<ref name="auto5"/> VOA Turkey, after it was blocked, shared instructions on its social media accounts as to how to use a VPN to access its content.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2023/08/23/us-press-organizations-slam-impending-access-ban-on-voa-turkish/|title=US, press organizations slam impending access ban on VOA Turkish|first=Turkish|last=Minute|date=August 23, 2023}}</ref>