Turkey drops YouTube ban
p2pnet.net news:- Turkey’s block on YouTube for hosting videos which insulted former Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk has been lifted.
“Ahter Kutadgu, head of corporate communications for Turk Telekom, told the Anatolia news agency his company had been notified of a court decision to lift the ban,” says Associated Press.
The Istanbul court said it would lift the ban as soon as it ascertained the offending clips were removed, says the story, adding:
“The ban had been condemned by the press freedom group Reporters without Borders and drew attention to Turkey’s shaky record on permitting free expression.
“It is illegal in Turkey to insult Ataturk, a revered figure whose image graces every denomination of currency and whose portrait hangs in nearly all government offices.”
Also See:
hosting videos – Turkey bans YouTube, March 7, 2007
Associated Press – Turkey lifts YouTube ban after two days, March 9, 2007
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March 9th, 2007 at 11:44 am
“It is illegal in Turkey to insult Ataturk, a revered figure whose image graces every denomination of currency and whose portrait hangs in nearly all government offices.”
Atatuek is a pig a parasite and piece of shit!
Voila! What’s about that?
March 9th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
March 10th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
M.K. Ataturk is a (much as was Brigham Young) legend in his own time, and that reputation was not limited to his own lifetime.
Anyone who says and/or thinks otherwise is nothing more than a hysterical blithering idiot.