Turkey: Ministry To Investigate Minecraft 'violence'

<h1> Turkey: Ministry To Investigate Minecraft 'violence'</h1> <html><body> Turkey: Ministry to investigate Minecraft 'violence' News from Elsewhere... ... media reports from all over the world, uncovered by BBC Monitoring 9 February 2015 Turkey's government is looking into claims that the popular computer game Minecraft is too violent, according to reports. <a href="https://alusky.xyz/">Gaming</a> The game is classified as appropriate for children seven and over in much of Europe as well as for those older than 10 in the United States. According to the Haberturk website Turkey's family and social policy minister, Aysenur Islamic, has initiated an investigation into claims that the game promotes aggression. The website states that if the government finds it to be violent, they can ask for an all-out ban. A journalist informed Mrs Islam that players get points for killing other characters, including women. She asked her ministry what they could 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". One journalist from an Turkish gaming magazine claims the ministry's concerns are unfounded. Kaan Gezer, an Leadergamer journalist, claimed that she's never seen children use a sword to attack people because Minecraft. "Stories like this can cause the video game industry in Turkey to stall or even deteriorate." Minecraft is extremely popular with gamers of all ages, registering its 100 millionth user in February 2014. It has also been utilized by teachers at a number of schools across the UK. Follow us on Twitter @NewsfromElsewhere to keep up-to-date on our latest news via Twitter. </body></html> </h1>