Sweden’s Telia Has Another Problem at Turkcell: Free Speech
- Telia says it has limited influence over policies in Turkey
- Telia owns largest stake in Turkey’s premier mobile operator
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For Swedish phone company Telia AB, its more than decade-long headache in Turkey is getting a little bit worse.
The Stockholm-based operator has been traveling to courts around the world to fight its partner in Turkey over their joint ownership of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS, the country’s largest mobile company. Now it’s a disgruntled spectator as Turkcell faces accusations that it’s become a tool of government censorship by regularly blocking internet access to its 35 million customers.