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p>Turkey: Ministry to investigate Minecraft violence News from Elsewhere... ... media reports from around the globe, discovered by BBC Monitoring

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p>9 February 2015

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p>According to reports, Turkey's government is looking into allegations that Minecraft is violent enough.

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p>The game is suitable for children between 7 and 10 years old in the majority of Europe and the United States. However, Turkey's family and social policy minister, Aysenur Islam, has ordered an investigation over suggestions that it promotes violence according to the Haberturk website reports. The website warns that if the government finds the game to be too violent, they can request the government to ban it on a national scale. A journalist told Mrs Islam that players earn points for killing other characters, including women. She asked her ministry what they would do to address the issue. 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". https://pastelink.net/w3n40247 </p>

p>A journalist at one Turkish gaming magazine says the ministry's concerns are unfounded. Kaan Gezer, an Leadergamer journalist, stated that she's never witnessed an infant use a sword to attack people because Minecraft. "Stories like this can cause the video game industry in Turkey to slow down or deteriorate." Minecraft is extremely popular among gamers of all ages. It reached its 100 millionth user in February 2014. Teachers at some schools in the UK have also played it.

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