Ankara- Turkish internet users have been blocked from accessing the popular video site YouTube following a row in the past week over a number of anti-Turkish videos posted on the site. Access to the site was blocked Wednesday morning following an injunction issued by an Istanbul criminal court on Tuesday, the Anadolu news agency reported. Turkish newspapers in the past week have highlighted that a number of anti-Turkish videos, mainly posted by Greek nationals, had been placed on the site in the past few weeks. Some of the offending videos included insults to the founder of the modern Turkish republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Another showed Greek soldiers singing songs about how they would kill Turks, the English-language newspaper Today's Zaman reported. Milliyet newspaper claimed on Wednesday that a campaign it had launched led to YouTube being bombarded with 220,000 e-mails calling for the videos to be removed from the site. YouTube took down the offending videos but the Istanbul court on Tuesday ordered that Turk Telekom restrict access to the site. On Tuesday evening Turk Telekom that it would comply with whatever order it received. As of Wednesday morning anyone attempting to reach the YouTube site from Turkey was greeted with a simple message that said "access to www.youtube.com site has been suspended."It was not clear how long the site will remain blocked by Turk Telekom's servers.
2007-03-07 02:07:53 · 7 answers · asked by sadik hakan guris 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No, I think that gives a fairly accurate image of Turkey.
2007-03-07 02:11:27 · answer #1 · answered by Captain Jack 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i don't think that country images are that much important. if you count on images you get some constant ideas that are not even close to the truth (i don't want to give examples here). Most people in the world already have stable images about Turkey that this example just made them say 'look, i've thougt so!'. And the thing is those people haven't been to Turkey before haven't known a Turkish person before, haven't read an article or seen a picture of Turkey before and don't know Turkish is written with 'latin letters'!!!!!!
But on the other hand i'm not that pessimist. With that the world saw how sensitive the Turkish people are about M. Kemal Atatürk.
And, as far as i've read it's not certain that a Greek national has sent it. Just says it is obvious from the nick he/she used. I don't want to believe that it was a Greek person and won't believe it until it is proved so.
2007-03-08 08:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by KaoS 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkey once again proves what backward country it is. It supress free speech. They are done killing journalists so now they will start blocking websites. Then they wonder why Europe is skeptical letting them in. The sad thing is that the Turksih people is played by the deep sate that tries to clinch on power. All these irrelevant issues serve only to distract the public from the real issues. The turkish army is fueling idiotic patriotism among turks so they can keep them down. I hope one day the turkish people will realise what is going on.
2007-03-07 10:30:37 · answer #3 · answered by Cyprusguy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well we all know the relationship between greeks and turkish people so i dont think its an insult for the turkish they /we are not the ones offending the greeks or depicting themselves being hung so u pretty much answered your own question and i believe the turkish goverment was right to block this site our children do not have to see things like this even on the internet and they should find those responsible and punish them to the full extent of the law they violated in a turkish court system
2007-03-07 02:20:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi Sadik,
I followed all of them.
I am not just join suspended section. In my opinion, to send e-mail is right answer , and then you know YouTube pressed 'Sorry Message' and removed the video.
I think, That is right and enough.
But suspended the YouTube, I am not agree. This is censor. And it is not good for our Turkiye.
Regards
2007-03-07 02:45:18 · answer #5 · answered by Tanju 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grow up Turkey!
When you are a big boy you have to allow the other kids to have their turn.
though I must admit Turkey is historically one of the more evolved places in the islamic world ,as is Pakistan. They are indeed taking a step backward to censor this.
2007-03-07 02:24:01 · answer #6 · answered by FOA 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It just shows how Islamic based governments repress rights. The other countries allow access to dissenting ideas without any problems.
2007-03-07 02:13:24 · answer #7 · answered by Lt. Dan reborn 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋