vava Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Turkish court orders YouTube blocked BENJAMIN HARVEY Associated Press ISTANBUL, Turkey — A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Paul Doany, head of Turk Telekom, Turkey's largest telecommunications provider, said his company had immediately begun enforcing the ban. “We are not in the position of saying that what YouTube did was an insult, that it was right or wrong,” Doany told the state-run Anatolia news agency. “A court decision was proposed to us, and we are doing what that court decision says.” Visitors to the YouTube site from Turkey were greeted with the message: “Access to this site has been blocked by a court decision!...” A message in both Turkish and English at the bottom of the page said, “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.” Doany said Turk Telekom would allow access to the popular video sharing site again if the court decision were rescinded. Access from Turkey might be possible through other service providers, he said. During the past week, Turkish media publicized what some called a “virtual war” between Greeks and Turks on YouTube, with people from both sides posting videos to belittle and berate the other. The video prompting the ban allegedly said Ataturk and the Turkish people were homosexuals, news reports said. The CNN-Turk Web site featured a link allowing Turks to complain directly by e-mail to YouTube about the “insult.” On its front page Wednesday, the newspaper Hurriyet said thousands of people had written to YouTube and that the Ataturk videos had been removed from the site. “YouTube got the message,” the headline said. Insulting Ataturk or “Turkishness” is a crime in Turkey punishable by prison. Turkey, which hopes to join the European Union, has been roundly condemned for not doing enough to curb extreme nationalist sentiments and to protect freedom of expression. It's not the first time YouTube has been banned. The Australian state of Victoria recently banned it from government schools in a crackdown on cyber-bullying after a gang of male students videotaped their assault on a 17-year-old girl on the outskirts of Melbourne. Source: The Globe and Mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted March 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 This kind of news would have never even made it into Canadian papers had it not been for the attention generated by Hrant Dink's assassination. The cynical side of me says that it won't make a shred of difference. However I'm still hoping that slowly but surely the true nature of Turkish policy is being exposed and this will result in the unraveling of the twine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 (edited) We also read that the Turkish gov. has banned the sale of brand products like uppa you tube petroleum, aka "vezirline" and KY Jelly. Edited March 7, 2007 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lev7 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 ISTANBUL, Turkey - 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, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. ADVERTISEMENT Paul Doany, head of Turk Telekom, Turkey's largest telecommunications provider, said his company had begun immediately enforcing the ban. "We are not in the position of saying that what YouTube did was an insult, that it was right or wrong," Doany said in remarks to the state-run Anatolia news agency. "A court decision was proposed to us, and we are doing what that court decision says." Doany said Turk Telekom would allow access to the popular video sharing site again if the court decision were rescinded. Access from Turkey might be possible through other service providers, he said. Over the past week, Turkish media publicized what some called a "virtual war" between Greeks and Turks on YouTube, with people from both sides posting videos to belittle and berate the other. The video prompting the ban allegedly said Ataturk and the Turkish people were homosexuals, news reports said. The CNN-Turk Web site featured a link allowing Turks to complain directly to YouTube about the "insult." On its front page on Wednesday, the newspaper Hurriyet said thousands of people had written YouTube and that the Ataturk videos had been removed from the site. "YouTube got the message," the headline said. Insulting Ataturk or "Turkishness" is a crime in Turkey punishable by prison. Turkey, which hopes to join the European Union, has been roundly condemned for not doing enough to curb extreme nationalist sentiments and to protect freedom of expression. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_...key_youtube_ban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lev7 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 apparently some videos on youtube offended their homo so-called founder of turkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-47 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 I've seen the videos, they are all videos accusing the other of being homosexual. There's one where the picture of Kemal is talking and claiming he's gay lmao. The Turkish videos feature anti-Armenian content as well. I think they recently removed the Kemal video but all the Turkish videos are still there http://youtube.com/results?search_type=sea...ry=0&page=1 http://youtube.com/results?search_query=ar...p;search=Search These ones are against Armenians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 You know it's bad when the GREEKS are calling you gay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lev7 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 I've seen the videos, they are all videos accusing the other of being homosexual those are not accusations, it is the truth, the guy was a closet homo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghos Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Another one for "we are the laughing stock" of the world.That´s how you get admitted in the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted March 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 You know it's bad when the GREEKS are calling you gay ROTFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted March 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Another one for "we are the laughing stock" of the world.... I can't believe that the Turkish government would take this so seriously to enact a "ban" on you tube. Amazing to think that some amateur videos made by a bunch of kids can elicit this kind of response... laughing stock is right, and they're certainly not helping their own cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Error 404 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Great News! YouTube was full of turkish propaganda and lies regarding the armenian genocide. They kept refusing it and kept spreading hate propaganda towards armenians. Now those users won't be able to access their accounts which will be frozen after certain amount of the time. Wise decision turkey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 (edited) I share your sentiments Error. Too much denial was going around on the site. I honestly don't care about the childish Greco-Turkish PowerPoint gay-war on YouTube, just glad that at least no more propaganda videos will come from Turkey. EDIT: MAN Turkey is full of Mahirs & Borats...! Edited March 7, 2007 by Zartonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubépine Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 I can't believe they actually went forward with it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 The gay Turkish referee one is fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubépine Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 It seems that this pathetic excuse of a judge never heard of proxies. I thought the gay referee phenomenon only existed in Turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted March 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 That was funny. Who would have thought that a video of a prancing football ref would become international news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 It seems that this pathetic excuse of a judge never heard of proxies. I thought the gay referee phenomenon only existed in Turkey. You mean he really is gay - I though it was just him (with a little help from the editing and the music ) prancing about in sort of a gay way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 It seems that this pathetic excuse of a judge never heard of proxies. But youtube is no fun anymore now that all the Comedy-central stuff has been removed. I was meaning to sit down and watch some of the Powerpuff Girls stuff - but found them all gone . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armenak Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 I was using YouTube to watch episodes of The Wonder Years. Fortunately, they're still up there. By the way, in the pilot episode there is a girl with an Armenian surname. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 You know it's bad when the GREEKS are calling you gay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanetsi Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 I was using YouTube to watch episodes of The Wonder Years. Fortunately, they're still up there. By the way, in the pilot episode there is a girl with an Armenian surname. There's an episode in which one of the main character's friends is Armenian also. Thought I'd throw that in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 The Sydney Morning Herald Scandals: Wild turkey Print Normal font Large font It really is all happening in Turkey this week, isn't it? On Monday we reported that a Turkish businessman was lobbying the Tourism Minister there to change the spelling of the country's name because a turkey is a silly bird. Today we report that Turkey has banned the video-sharing website YouTube because it carried videos accusing the nation's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, of being gay. A court ordered the ban after YouTube became the latest battleground for the age-old rivalry between Turks and Greeks. People on both sides were posting abusive videos, one of them allegedly calling Ataturk and the Turkish people homosexuals. Insulting Ataturk or Turkishness is a crime in Turkey punishable by prison (especially if you're Greek). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ the bastards from 'special bureau' have even sent threats to an armenian newspaper azg.am which publishes articles in turkish. this is how they want to silence the truth. http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=15438 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) The new turkish Flag and Hymn ! it's things like this mad the turks mad. youtube now is full of anti-Greek videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORiU_ZkRrsU Edited March 8, 2007 by Aratta-Kingdom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 So ridiculous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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