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News article: Turkey Bans YouTube for Second Time

DTop January 21st, 2008
Turkey Bans YouTube for Second Time

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish court has again blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube because of clips allegedly insulting the country's founding father, according to reports Sunday.
It was the second time Turkey banned the site because of clips deemed disrespectful to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. It is illegal in Turkey to insult the revered figure, whose portrait still hangs in nearly all government offices nearly 70 years after his death.
Users trying to access the Web site from Turkey were met with notices in English and Turkish saying it was banned under an Ankara court order issued Jan. 17...
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  #1  
By
The Other Guy
 on January 21st, 2008
wow.... that's a bit rediculous.
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  #2  
By
Team Infidel
 on January 21st, 2008
i read that this morning.. how weird is that...
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  #3  
By senojekips on January 21st, 2008
In my opinion Mustapha Kemal ranks right at the top among the world's statesmen, but criticism of him is hardly a good reason for State censorship.
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