I have tried to log on to www. youtube.com but cannot get access. Something to do with a ruling in Istanbul, but I would like to know the details.
2007-03-08 08:56:45 · 3 answers · asked by mayhewkenneth 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
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Access to the popular video-sharing website YouTube has been suspended in Turkey following a court order.
The ban was imposed after prosecutors told the court that clips insulting former Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had appeared on the site.
According to Turkish media, there has been a "virtual war" between Greek and Turkish users of the site, with both sides posting insulting videos.
The clip prompting the ban reportedly dubbed Ataturk and Turks homosexuals.
Insulting Ataturk, the founding father of modern Turkey, or "Turkishness" is an offence which can result in a prison sentence.
The offending videos sparked a storm of complaints to YouTube and the clips were removed, but the court order goes further, blocking all access to the site.
Freedom of speech
Turkish visitors to the site are now greeted with a message in English and Turkish reading "Access to www.youtube.com site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/384 dated 06.03.2007 of Istanbul First Criminal Peace Court".
Paul Doany, the head of Turk Telecom, the country's largest telecoms company, said that they had blocked access to the site as soon as the court order came through.
"We are not in the position of saying that what YouTube did was an insult, that it was right or wrong," Mr Doany told Anatolia news agency. "A court decision was proposed to us, and we are doing what that court decision says."
Mr Doany said that for its part Turk Telecom will continue to enforce the ban as long as the order stands.
The European Union, which Turkey is hoping to join, has long called for an easing of Article 301 - the law which prevents insults to Turkish culture - arguing that the law places severe restrictions on free speech in Turkey.
About 50 writers in the country have been put on trial for allegedly contravening the rule, including Nobel prizewinner Orhan Pamuk, though most cases have eventually been dismissed by the judge.
2007-03-09 00:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by orchie1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Four college students on Thursday asked a Turkish court to revoke the ban it imposed on YouTube for running videos that prosecutors said insulted the founder of modern Turkey.
2007-03-08 17:01:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Turkish government have good taste, and are removing the rubbish from the internet one piece at a time, starting with NoobTube.
I'm guessing it could be to do with stuff like cirrupting minors, and impressionable youths and stuff that government shift the focus too when they're being seen in a bad light for something.
2007-03-08 17:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by Scott Bull 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋