Türkiye Youtube'a erişim yasağını kaldırdı
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Turkey lifts ban on access to YouTube
11/01/2010 10:48:30
Turkey'slongstandingbanon YouTube, the world's largest and most popular video-sharing website, wasliftedSaturday by an Ankara courtfollowingthe removal ofcontroversialvideos from the service.
Publicaccess to the website was banned by a court decision nearly two and a half years agoovervideosinsultingMustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish Republic, something that is illegal in Turkey.Removalof the videos cleared the way for Turkish users to reaccess the websitelegally, Yıldırım said.
A German-basedinternational licensing service owned by a Turkish citizen bought the right to remove thedisputedvideos from YouTube and announced Friday that they were no longe viewable on the site. Following this development, the court in Ankara acted immediately to allow access to YouTube.
The ban on the site hadsparkedwidespreaddiscussions about Internet freedom in Turkey, where many users had continued to watch YouTube videos by changing their computer settings or using proxy software programs.
4,000 websites are stillbanned
The lifting of the ban is a "joyful' event, but "not enough,' according to Gürsel Tekin, thevicechairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP.
"We are much like a man who lost his donkey and becomes happy after finding it,' Tekin said. "Nearly 2.5 years ago, we lost our right to access YouTube, and now we have it back.'
Noting that more than 4,000 websites have been banned by Turkey's courts, Tekin said the country shouldbreak freefrom thecensorshipmentality. "There should be a new legalinfrastructureformed so Turkey can solve these kinds of matters.'
YouTube was banned in Turkey upon a decision by the Ankara 1st Penal Court of Peace on May, 5, 2008, onchargesof breaking the Law on Crimes Against Atatürk.
Türkiye Youtube'a erişim yasağını kaldırdı - Turkey lifts ban on access to YouTube
Turkey'slongstandingbanon YouTube, the world's largest and most popular video-sharing website, wasliftedSaturday by an Ankara courtfollowingthe removal ofcontroversialvideos from the service.
Publicaccess to the website was banned by a court decision nearly two and a half years agoovervideosinsultingMustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish Republic, something that is illegal in Turkey.Removalof the videos cleared the way for Turkish users to reaccess the websitelegally, Yıldırım said.
A German-basedinternational licensing service owned by a Turkish citizen bought the right to remove thedisputedvideos from YouTube and announced Friday that they were no longe viewable on the site. Following this development, the court in Ankara acted immediately to allow access to YouTube.
The ban on the site hadsparkedwidespreaddiscussions about Internet freedom in Turkey, where many users had continued to watch YouTube videos by changing their computer settings or using proxy software programs.
4,000 websites are stillbanned
The lifting of the ban is a "joyful' event, but "not enough,' according to Gürsel Tekin, thevicechairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP.
"We are much like a man who lost his donkey and becomes happy after finding it,' Tekin said. "Nearly 2.5 years ago, we lost our right to access YouTube, and now we have it back.'
Noting that more than 4,000 websites have been banned by Turkey's courts, Tekin said the country shouldbreak freefrom thecensorshipmentality. "There should be a new legalinfrastructureformed so Turkey can solve these kinds of matters.'
YouTube was banned in Turkey upon a decision by the Ankara 1st Penal Court of Peace on May, 5, 2008, onchargesof breaking the Law on Crimes Against Atatürk.
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