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[Yervant1]

YouTube is banned in Turkey

14/1/14

Turkish Internet users will not be allowed to use You Tube social
network since January 14. Some times ago the Vimeo video web-site was
banned. According to the Turkish sources if the user wants to enter
You Tube in Turkey, the note will appear on the screen "the web-site
is banned by the court decision".

TurkNet internet provider commented that the court made a decision and
You Tube social network will not be available for the internet users.

According to the Turkish analysts, the decision is connected with the
last corruption scandal and Turkish Government is afraid of the mass
actions which can be organized by the internet.

http://times.am/?p=37150&l=en

 

[hagopn]

Is this true?  Verified?

[Yervant1]

Don't know, but they did it before!

[hagopn]

When was that?

[Yervant1]

Here is the topic!

http://hyeforum.com/...key +bans +tube

[hagopn]

"You know it's bad when the GREEKS are calling you gay."

[Yervant1]

I know, the cattle calling you black you know the rest.

[Yervant1]

17:46 07/03/2014 » IN THE WORLD

Erdogan says Turkey may ban Facebook, YouTube over wiretaps

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to ban Facebook and YouTube in Turkey in an attempt to stop political foes anonymously posting audio recordings purportedly exposing corruption and other malpractices in his inner circle, Reuters reported. 
In the latest recording, released on YouTube late Thursday, Erdogan is purportedly heard berating a newspaper owner over the telephone about an article and suggesting the journalists be sacked, in comments that will further stoke concerns over media freedom and Erdogan's authoritarian style of leadership.
Erdogan, who rejects any accusations of corruption, blames U.S.-based Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, a former ally, for the wiretaps which he says have been "fabricated." Gulen, who denies any involvement, has many followers in Turkey, especially in the police and judiciary.
"We are determined on this subject. We will not leave this nation at the mercy of YouTube and Facebook," Erdogan said in an interview with Turkish broadcaster ATV aired late on Thursday.
"We will take the necessary steps in the strongest way," he said, adding that these would come after municipal elections in Turkey set for March 30.
Asked if a ban on these sites could be included among the planned measures, he said: "Included, because these people or institutions encourage every kind of immorality and espionage for their own ends."
There was no immediate reaction from Facebook or YouTube.
 
 

Source: Panorama.am

[Yervant1]

Business Insider Australia
March 21 2014


10 Shameful Facts About Censorship In Turkey

Jeremy Bender

Turkey has a long tradition of censorship that culminated this week in
a ban on Twitter that has infuriated the international community.

Below we have compiled some of the most egregious examples of
censorship in Turkey, starting with the most recent one.

1. Turkey has blocked Twitter.

"Twitter, mwitter! We will wipe out roots of all," Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a campaign rally Thursday.
"They say, 'Sir, the international community can say this, can say
that.' I don't care at all. Everyone will see how powerful the state
of the Republic of Turkey is."

Twitter has helped Turkish protestors organise movements across the
country and spread uncensored anti-government opinions in the past
year.

2. Turkey jails more journalists than any other country.

The Committee To Protect Journalists reports that in 2012 Turkey had
more journalists in custody than any other country in the world.
Arrested journalists face charges ranging from aiding in terrorism to
producing propoganda.

3. Erdogan has threatened to ban both Facebook and YouTube should his
party win reelection in the March 30 general elections.

Turkey has previously banned YouTube after videos insulting Mustafa
Kemal Ataturk, Turkey's founder, were shared on the site.

4. Turkey's parliament approved new Internet restrictions in February
that allow for the almost immediate closing or removal of content from
any website.

This new step allows the government to close websites without
permission from the courts. The law requires Internet service
providers to close objectionable content within four hours or face
fines up to $US44,500.

5. Journalists who report on topics damaging to the government can be
forced from their jobs.

The main opposition leader in Turkey claimed last year that dozens of
journalists had been forced from their jobs for covering
antigovernment protests.

6. Media outlets are often owned by large conglomerates with major
conflicts of interest.

These conglomerates often maintain their media branches as simply a
way to curry favour with the government, The New York Times has
reported. By self-enforcing a policy of only pro-government reporting,
these moguls help to guarantee for themselves lucrative government
contracts in other business sectors such as banking or construction.

7. Turkish news outlets have ignored antigovernment protests altogether.

During the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul last summer, for instance,
CNN Turk broadcast a documentary about penguins while CNN filmed live
from the mass demonstrations.

8. It is a crime in Turkey to insult the Turkish nation.

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk was charged with denigrating the Turkish
identity after talking about the Armenian genocide in a newspaper
intervie. He and could have faced jail time, and the case was only
dropped after international outrage.

Another Turkish author, Nedim Gursel, also faced charges for
"incitement to violence or hatred" after publishing his book
"Daughters of Allah," which supposedly insulted Islam.

9. Kurdish intellectuals and advocates often face extreme prejudice.

Kurdish -- the primary language of up to one third of Turkey's
population -- is still treated as a second-class language and all
education in government schools must be carried out in Turkish.

Kurdish journalists and intellectuals also face allegations of
supporting terrorism. Journalists reporting on Kurdish prejudice, or
the Kurdish terrorist organisation the PKK, can be charged and
imprisoned for making terrorist propaganda, Al Jazeera has reported.

10. For these reasons, and many more, Turkey is ranked 154 out of 180
by Reporters Without Borders in terms of press freedom.

http://www.businessi...n-turkey-2014-3
 

[Yervant1]

Turkey blocks Twitter days before vote as PM fights scandal

12:15 21.03.2014
Turkey, Twitter


Turkey's courts have blocked access to Twitter days before elections
as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan battles a corruption scandal that has
seen social media platforms awash with alleged evidence of government
wrongdoing, Reuters reports.

The ban came hours after a defiant Erdogan, on the campaign trail
ahead of key March 30 local elections, vowed to "wipe out" Twitter and
said he did not care what the international community had to say about
it.

Erdogan's ruling AK Party has already tightened Internet controls,
handed government more influence over the courts, and reassigned
thousands of police and hundreds of prosecutors and judges as it
fights a corruption scandal he has cast as a plot by political enemies
to oust him.

Telecoms watchdog BTK said the social media platform had been blocked
by the courts after complaints were made by citizens that it was
breaching privacy. It said Twitter had ignored previous requests to
remove content.

"Because there was no other choice, access to Twitter was blocked in
line with court decisions to avoid the possible future victimization
of citizens," it said.

San Francisco-based Twitter said it was looking into the matter but
had not issued a formal statement. The company did publish a tweet
addressed to Turkish users instructing them on how to continue
tweeting via SMS text message.

"Twitter, mwitter!," Erdogan told thousands of supporters at a rally
late on Thursday, in a phrase translating roughly as "Twitter,
schmitter!".

Twitter users in Turkey began reporting widespread outages overnight.
Some users trying to open the Twitter.com website were taken to a
statement apparently from another regulator (TIB) citing four court
orders as the basis for the ban.

http://www.armradio....fights-scandal/