Botan Times EnglishEnvato Bans Botan Times!

Envato, an Australian-based online digital production sales platform, has blocked the Botan Times site.

The Botan Times official account and all administrator accounts were banned at the same time. In the email sent by Customer Success Officer Byron, it was stated that “…you will no longer be welcome to use our services. This decision may also apply to any other accounts you have on other Envato sites.”

Article shown as the reason for blocking:

“55. Blocking a member, disabling an account or refusing to process a payment.

We may block you, terminate any of your Envato accounts or refuse to process a payment, including withholding your account balance indefinitely, if we reasonably believe there is a risk associated with you, your Envato account, or that payment, including if it breaches a law or regulation. Examples of where we do this include transactions where we suspect the payment is from or to a person or country might sanction by an authority (like the United Nations, the United States government or the Australian government); or where we reasonably believe there is a legal or regulatory risk or a risk of loss being suffered by us or our members. You warrant that you are not located in a sanctioned country and are not on a sanctioned persons list. You also warrant that you will not purchase items on Envato Market using funds sourced from a sanctioned country. We may also block members from a country if we can’t make payments to or from that country. You should check what payment methods are available in your country for making payments as a buyer or for withdrawing earnings as an author. We may take any of the actions stated in this section without notice and against all of your Envato accounts you use on other Envato sites. If required by law we may forfeit existing deposits or earnings.”

The refund of the newly purchased theme for Botan Times has not been made yet. Botan Times does not accept any of the accusations shown as the reason for the blocking.

Google, Press Advertisement Institution, Iyzico…

It is thought that at least 20 million Kurds live in Turkey. However, we are constantly bullied by being seen as “potential terrorists” on international platforms and official authorities.

Google Adsense Turkey does not support Kurdish advertising activities. In fact, when we send Google ads to publish ads in Kurdish, we get the answer “not supported language”.

The official state advertisements are the most important source of income for local media. However, the Press Advertisement Institution does not send state advertisements to any media outlet that broadcasts in Kurdish. However, Kurdish is the language of 25% of citizens.

Payment Infrastructures also do not provide services to companies that do business in Kurdish for no reason. We have made 26 The application was rejected.

Botan Times is a site that is published with the funds of the USA and European Union grants and adheres to all journalistic principles.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is a permanent partner of BotanInt. Botan Times publishes in accordance with all the principles of RSF.

Envato’s anwer to BT (15.08.2024)

Hi,

Thank you for your recent email to Envato, we appreciate you reaching out to us.

Unfortunately like all companies we have a number of internal policies in place which, for business reasons we do not divulge. After reviewing your application for service, we are unfortunately unable to re-enable your account.

Best Regards,

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Murat Bayram

Avakarê Botan International û Botan Timesê ye. Bayramî ji bilî medyaya kurdî ji bo New York Times, Al Jazeera International, Deutsche Welle, Middle East Eye û RT TVyê kar kiriye. Wî li bernameya fellowshipê ya Rojnamegerîya Dîjîtal ya Zanîngeha Oxfordê(Enstîtûya REUTERSî ya Xebatên Rojnamegerîyê) li Ingilîzîstanê û Acadêmie Franceyê perwerde standiye. Zanîngeha Kalîforniayê ya Los Angelesê(UCLA) xelata “Nivîsîna herî afrînêr û orjînal” û Yekîtîya Rojnamegerên Başûrê Rojhilatî xelata “Rojnamegerê salê” daye wî. Nivîskarê “belkî îşev binive”yê ye (Weşanxaneya Avestayê, 2018). Ew yek ji nivîskarên Ferhenga Nûçegihanîya Zayenda Civakî: Kurdî-Tirkî û wergêrê 11 kitêban e. Wî edîtoriya 52 kitêban kiriye.