Türkiye Safer Internet Day Committee – Safer Internet Center Türkiye

SID 2023 will take place at the headquarter of ICTA (Information and Communication Technologies Authority), in Türkiye. 

Almost all stakeholders will be present on the day including related NGOs, representatives of universities, secondary and high school students and their educators and parents, social media organizations, and search engines like Google, Meta, and TikTok.

At the center of ICTA building, all participant firms and NGOs will set up a table with several informative and entertaining activities. They will bring some promotions and we will add some gifts and informative scripts on several topics including effective and conscious use of the internet, online privacy, online health, and so on - which will be distributed to students.

SIC Türkiye Psychologists and Sociologists will give different seminars for secondary and high school students, parents, and educators, simultaneously in different rooms.

As this year's focus is youngsters, we will try to encourage youth participation. Within this framework: 
We have done street interviews with young people on particular topics like cyberbullying, health on the internet, and online privacy. We will show some parts of these interviews during the day on the screens, and our social media accounts.
 

What we are doing to support the SID 2023 slogan of "Together for a better internet"…

In order to raise awareness, the following activities are regularly carried out by the Safer Internet Center, Türkiye:
 

1. The helpline for all internet users was set up under the Safer Internet Center to help mainly children and families with online safety issues. It consists of eight main topics such as information security, cyberbullying, illegal content, social media, digital games, and so on. Users can get information from a Frequently Asked Questions system under these eight topics. If they cannot find any content they want, they can contact the helpline of the Safer Internet Center and get advice from the center via an online form.
2. For the conscious, safe, and effective use of the internet, regular training programs are being held at schools, mainly for children, teachers, and families. The main goal of these seminars is to raise awareness and educate families and children about the safer use of the internet. In 2022, the center organized 146 seminars and training programs. We had the opportunity to reach around 29,500 people. 
3. Safer Internet Service (SIS) is offered by Internet Service Providers. Thanks to SIS, families, and children have the opportunity of protection against harmful and illegal content on the internet. SIS is a discretional and free-of-charge internet filtering service. See guvenlinet.org.tr for further information
4. In order to raise awareness concerning the safe use of the internet, up-to-date and comprehensive content including news, articles, and announcements are shared through our safe web internet website (www.guvenliweb.org.tr). Also, the safe child website (www.guvenlicocuk.org.tr) provides services for children including games, activities, competitions, and training. In order to raise awareness about games, updated and comprehensive content such as news, articles, and digital game reviews are shared on the website (www.guvenlioyna.org.tr).
5. We publish and distribute guide booklets and brochures on safer use of the internet, free of charge, to create awareness and consciousness and continue developing multiple projects with related stakeholders. In the last year, at least 200,000 brochures were distributed. The Safer Internet Truck Project has just finished and is put into service. The aim of this project is to create a platform for children and youth who have limited access to technology countrywide. In this way, they are able to experience technology closely and they will realize the opportunities of technology. The Safer Internet Truck has technology experience, robotic coding, virtual reality, conscious and safe usage of the internet, and competition areas. The truck has been traveling all around Türkiye. In 2022, the Truck visited 28 places in 7 provinces.
6. Digital Privacy Guide for Children was prepared and made available in 2020: https://www.guvenliweb.org.tr/dokuman-detay/cocuklar-icin-dijital-mahremiyet
7. It is aimed to create a series of books on different subjects in order to contribute to the dissemination of “digital literate produces-protects-shares”, to create social awareness for the conscious, safe, and effective use of the internet, and to contribute to the development of positive content for the transition from the information society to the love society, within the scope of the Open Source Project and with the open source philosophy by removing the barriers to accessing information in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The first book of this series was published in 2020 as "Digital Literacy: Tools, Methodologies, Practices, and Recommendations" book. Click on the link to access Digital Literacy: Tools, Methodologies, Practices, and Recommendations book.
8. Digital Privacy Guide for Parents has been prepared and made available , in 2021.

What we are doing to mark the 20th anniversary of Safer Internet Day…

SID 2023 will take place at the headquarter of ICTA (Information and Communication Technologies Authority), in Türkiye. 

Almost all stakeholders will be present on the day including related NGOs, representatives of universities, secondary and high school students and their educators and parents, social media organizations, and search engines like Google, Meta, and TikTok.

At the center of ICTA building, all participant firms and NGOs will set up a table with several informative and entertaining activities. They will bring some promotions and we will add some gifts and informative scripts on several topics including effective and conscious use of the internet, online privacy, online health, and so on - which will be distributed to students.

SIC Türkiye Psychologists and Sociologists will give different seminars for secondary and high school students, parents, and educators, simultaneously in different rooms.

As this year's focus is youngsters, we will try to encourage youth participation. Within this framework: 
We have done street interviews with young people on particular topics like cyberbullying, health on the internet, and online privacy. We will show some parts of these interviews during the day on the screens, and our social media accounts.