Turkey has blocked access to YouTube for a second time
Turkey blocks YouTube ... again
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19 Sep 2007, Matt Chapman , V3
A court in Turkey has banned access to YouTube after a single citizen complained that it contained clips which insulted the country.
The ruling followed a complaint that material posted on the video sharing website mocked the country's modern founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, along with the national army, president Abdullah Gul and prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Turkish Telecommunications Board has been told to block all access to YouTube following the court ruling.
Turkey blocked access to YouTube in March this year after it hosted a video showing pictures of Ataturk with insults superimposed in English.
The country's penal code makes it a crime to insult 'Turkishness' and the courts routinely press charges against writers and journalists for mentioning the Armenian genocide of 1915-1917.
YouTube has previously been blocked by Australian schools and the US Army.
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Do you agree?
Turkey bans youtube
What a bunch of crybabies
"Boo hoo hoo they hurt our feelings"
Posted by Joe nobody, 19 Sep 2007
I'm unsure about the accuracy of this article
No such thing has been announced by the Turkish media. Turks can access and are enjoying Youtube as I write this comment.
Posted by asdsasadsa, 20 Sep 2007
Turkey blocks YouTube ... again
...and you're surprised? This is a country with no respect of values that govern free nations. Turkey's children are still taught to hate... you should check out the things these kids read in primary and middle school - about the Greeks - the Kurds, the bulgarians and Armenians... Free speech... sure - maybe after the country is broken into pieces from the inside out. Even the great Ataturk would not be proud of what Turkey has become
Posted by luca, 13 Mar 2008