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    Turkey bans YouTube

    Turkish court bans YouTube access


    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.


    Story from BBC NEWS:
    BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkish court bans YouTube access
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/6427355.stm
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    Published: 2007/03/07 15:04:09 GMT

    © BBC MMVII
    General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”
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  • #2
    YouTube Banned In Turkey (Time Magazine)

    Wednesday, 07 March 2007
    A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey http://www.turkishnews.net/content/view/10547/2/


    We are providing as a service to the Turkish nation they're favorite music videos through here.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p6sw-owNms
    Komik bir oyun dans show youtube google ercik ajdar çikita muz armağan çağlayan bülent ersoy kurtlar vadisi terör popstar köprü gökhan özen kerim tekin musta...
    "All truth passes through three stages:
    First, it is ridiculed;
    Second, it is violently opposed; and
    Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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    • #3
      Mr. Aliyev dancing

      - YouTube
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em81vFxjo9o&mode=related&search=
      Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
      "All truth passes through three stages:
      First, it is ridiculed;
      Second, it is violently opposed; and
      Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

      Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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      • #4
        Kurdish sites too?

        Turkey blocks Youtube and Kurdish sites

        Wednesday, March 07, 2007

        KurdishMedia.com - By Alan Daudey

        Day after day Turkey proves its poor political culture and the immaturity of its leaders. Turkish court decided wednesday to block Youtube after proves that it contain material insulting Ataturk the founder of modern Turkey and it would bring "Turkishness in danger".

        This came after a virtual war between Turks and Greeks on youtube, both sides posts video belittle the other nation. One post enraged the Turks which claimed that all the Turks and especially Kemal Ataturk were homosexuals, that even the largest newspaper provided a link to Turks to complain to youtube.

        Turkey besides Youtube, bans every site contains the words "Kurds", "Kurdistan", "Pkk" ,...etc

        Kurds in nothern Kurdistan cannot access Kurdish newssites like KurdishMedia.com (aka Kurdmedia.com), Netkurd and other sites due to the block of Turkish government. These acts does not show any civilized approach from the government to deal with the Kurdish issue in Turkey. The Kurdish issue is getting more and more sympathy from EU politicians after all these reports being aired about Turkey. Kurds are more confident in Turkey after seeing the developments their brethern make in Iraqi Kurdistan.
        General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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        • #5
          Down With The
          The Crescent Curtain!

          youtube for you
          http://208.65.153.251/
          "All truth passes through three stages:
          First, it is ridiculed;
          Second, it is violently opposed; and
          Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

          Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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          • #6
            Viacom Sues Google, YouTube for $1 Billion

            Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday that it was suing Google Inc. and its Internet video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion over unauthorized use of its programming online.

            The lawsuit, the biggest challenge to date to Google's ambitions to make YouTube into a major vehicle for advertising and entertainment, accuses the Web search leader and its unit of "massive intentional copyright infringement."

            Viacom filed the suit with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking more than $1 billion in damages and an injunction against further violations.
            http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/3/13/104734.shtml?s=ic

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            • #7
              Turkey to block 'insulting' Web sites

              POSTED: 0803 GMT (1603 HKT), April 6, 2007

              ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A parliamentary commission approved a proposal Thursday allowing Turkey to block Web sites that are deemed insulting to the founder of modern Turkey, weeks after a Turkish court temporarily barred access to YouTube.

              Parliament plans to vote on the proposal, though a date was not announced. The proposal indicates the discomfort that many Turks feel about Western-style freedom of expression, even though Turkey has been implementing widespread reforms in its bid to join the European Union.

              On Thursday, lawmakers in the commission also debated whether the proposal should be widened to allow the Turkish Telecommunications Board to block access to any sites that question the principles of the Turkish secular system or the unity of the Turkish state -- a reference to Web sites with information on Kurdish rebels in Turkey.

              It is illegal in Turkey to talk of breaking up the state or to insult Ataturk, the revered founder of modern Turkey whose image graces every denomination of currency and whose portrait hangs in nearly all government offices.

              Ataturk is held to be responsible for creating a secular republic from the crumbling, Islamic Ottoman Empire.

              Several prominent Turkish journalists and writers, including Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, have been tried for allegedly insulting Ataturk or for the crime of insulting "Turkishness."

              European calls for free speech have angered some nationalist Turks, who view the recommendations as interference in their internal affairs.

              Last month, Turkey blocked access to the popular video-sharing site YouTube after a complaint that some videos insulted Ataturk. The ban was lifted two days later.

              CNN.com - Page not found
              http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/04/06/turkey.youtube.ap/index.html

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              • #8
                From CNN

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                Turkey to block 'insulting' Web sites
                POSTED: 4:03 a.m. EDT, April 6, 2007

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                ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A parliamentary commission approved a proposal Thursday allowing Turkey to block Web sites that are deemed insulting to the founder of modern Turkey, weeks after a Turkish court temporarily barred access to YouTube.

                Parliament plans to vote on the proposal, though a date was not announced. The proposal indicates the discomfort that many Turks feel about Western-style freedom of expression, even though Turkey has been implementing widespread reforms in its bid to join the European Union.

                On Thursday, lawmakers in the commission also debated whether the proposal should be widened to allow the Turkish Telecommunications Board to block access to any sites that question the principles of the Turkish secular system or the unity of the Turkish state -- a reference to Web sites with information on Kurdish rebels in Turkey.

                It is illegal in Turkey to talk of breaking up the state or to insult Ataturk, the revered founder of modern Turkey whose image graces every denomination of currency and whose portrait hangs in nearly all government offices.

                Ataturk is held to be responsible for creating a secular republic from the crumbling, Islamic Ottoman Empire.

                Several prominent Turkish journalists and writers, including Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, have been tried for allegedly insulting Ataturk or for the crime of insulting "Turkishness."

                European calls for free speech have angered some nationalist Turks, who view the recommendations as interference in their internal affairs.

                Last month, Turkey blocked access to the popular video-sharing site YouTube after a complaint that some videos insulted Ataturk. The ban was lifted two days later.

                Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
                General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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                • #9
                  Here We Go Again....




                  Turkey bans YouTube yet again


                  20.09.2007

                  Today’s Zaman İstanbul

                  The world’s most popular video sharing site, YouTube, released a statement on Wednesday announcing that it was “ready to cooperate with Turkish authorities to resolve the dispute” after a Sivas court banned access to the site based on a complaint that it hosted clips insulting the country’s founding father.

                  In response to a Turkish resident who stumbled onto YouTube videos badmouthing not only Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, but also President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the military, Sivas 2nd Criminal Court of Peace has ordered the Turkish Telecommunications Board (TK) to block access to the entire site.

                  A similar ban on YouTube was introduced in March, when a court order forced the country’s largest telecommunications provider, Turk Telekom, to block access to the site of the Google-owned company. That ban lasted only two days; after the video that insulted Atatürk was removed by YouTube access to the site was soon restored.

                  The Sivas court order also said the ban would remain in force as long as the insulting videos remain online. At the end of last August, Thailand lifted a similar ban on the popular video-sharing site, after filters were installed to stop viewers there seeing clips deemed offensive to the country’s king.

                  The ban, imposed after an anonymous user posted a clip showing digitally-altered images of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej next to a photograph of feet, lasted five months. Thais believe feet are the lowest and dirtiest part of the body and avoid ever showing their soles in public. Placing feet next to someone’s head is seen as a massive insult.

                  The number of clips lampooning the 79-year-old king mushroomed after news spread around the world that Thailand had banned the popular site, sparking an international debate over free speech on the Internet. Thailand’s king, almost universally adored in his country, is the world’s longest-reigning monarch and one of the few still protected by tough laws that prohibit any insult against the royal family.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Alexandros View Post



                    Turkey bans YouTube yet again


                    20.09.2007

                    Today’s Zaman ?stanbul

                    The world’s most popular video sharing site, YouTube, released a statement on Wednesday announcing that it was “ready to cooperate with Turkish authorities to resolve the dispute” after a Sivas court banned access to the site based on a complaint that it hosted clips insulting the country’s founding father.

                    In response to a Turkish resident who stumbled onto YouTube videos badmouthing not only Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, but also President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and the military, Sivas 2nd Criminal Court of Peace has ordered the Turkish Telecommunications Board (TK) to block access to the entire site.

                    A similar ban on YouTube was introduced in March, when a court order forced the country’s largest telecommunications provider, Turk Telekom, to block access to the site of the Google-owned company. That ban lasted only two days; after the video that insulted Atatürk was removed by YouTube access to the site was soon restored.

                    The Sivas court order also said the ban would remain in force as long as the insulting videos remain online. At the end of last August, Thailand lifted a similar ban on the popular video-sharing site, after filters were installed to stop viewers there seeing clips deemed offensive to the country’s king.

                    The ban, imposed after an anonymous user posted a clip showing digitally-altered images of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej next to a photograph of feet, lasted five months. Thais believe feet are the lowest and dirtiest part of the body and avoid ever showing their soles in public. Placing feet next to someone’s head is seen as a massive insult.

                    The number of clips lampooning the 79-year-old king mushroomed after news spread around the world that Thailand had banned the popular site, sparking an international debate over free speech on the Internet. Thailand’s king, almost universally adored in his country, is the world’s longest-reigning monarch and one of the few still protected by tough laws that prohibit any insult against the royal family.

                    source

                    Their god was insulted I guess
                    General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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