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Turkey: Ministry To Investigate Minecraft 'violence'

Turkey: Ministry to investigate Minecraft 'violence' News from Elsewhere... ... media reports from around the world, found by BBC Monitoring

9 February 2015

Turkey's government is looking into allegations that the popular computer game Minecraft is too violent, it's reported.

The game is suitable for children between 7 and 10 years old in most of Europe and the United States. According to the Haberturk website, Turkey's family and social policy minister, Aysenur Islamic, has ordered an investigation into claims that the game promotes aggression. If it's considered too violent, then the government could seek a nationwide ban, the website says. A journalist told Mrs Islam that players earn points for killing other characters, including women. She asked her ministry what they would do about it. Just Another Wordpress Site The Pan European Game Information group, which assigns ratings to computer games, says Minecraft contains "non-realistic-looking violence towards characters which, although human, are not very detailed".

A journalist at one Turkish gaming magazine says the ministry's concerns are misplaced. "I have never seen a kid grabbing a sword and attacking people because of Minecraft," Kaan Gezer says on the Leadergamer website. "Stories like these lead to the Turkish videogame industry to stall, or even deteriorate." Minecraft is very popular among gamers of all age. In February 2014, the 100 millionth user registered. It has also been used by teachers in some schools in the UK.

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