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posted by on Monday May 01 2017, @01:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the doesn't-the-internet-route-around-censorship? dept.

It's time out for Wikipedia in Turkey:

If you try to open Wikipedia in Turkey right now, you'll turn up a swirling loading icon, then a message that the server timed out.

Turkey has blocked Wikipedia. If you're inside the country, you can only access the online encyclopedia through a virtual private network connection to a system outside the country.

Turkish officials reportedly asked the online encyclopedia to remove content by writers "supporting terror."

Wikipedia "has started acting as part of the circles who carry out a smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena, rather than being cooperative in fight against terror," ministry officials said, according to Al Jazeera. It tried to show Turkey "at the same level and in cooperation with terror groups."

Other coverage: https://turkeyblocks.org/2017/04/29/wikipedia-blocked-turkey/
http://aa.com.tr/en/science-technology/turkey-wikipedia-blocked-for-disregarding-the-law/808072


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday May 01 2017, @03:12PM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday May 01 2017, @03:12PM (#502289) Journal

    Mmm... oldie but...

    Possible Minecraft Ban in Turkey [ign.com]

    Turkey's Ministry of Family and Social Policies are working on possibly banning Minecraft after its Children Services General Directorate investigated and found that while "the game can be seen as encouraging creativity in children" via building and crafting, "mobs [hostile creatures] must be killed" in the process.

    "In short, the game is based on violence," concluded the organization.

    O tempora, o mores.

    Turkey blocked youtube multiple times in the past [wikipedia.org] for "insulting Turkishness". The current president, then prime-minister, has had the following reaction

    Although YouTube was officially banned in Turkey, the website was still accessible by modifying connection parameters to use alternative DNS servers, and it was the eighth most popular website in Turkey according to Alexa records.[98] Responding to criticisms of the courts' bans, in November 2008 the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated "I do access the site. Go ahead and do the same."

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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday May 01 2017, @06:18PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Monday May 01 2017, @06:18PM (#502428)

    "mobs [hostile creatures] must be killed" in the process.
    "In short, the game is based on violence," concluded the organization.

    No, the game is not "based on" violence. Obviously these guys have never heard of Creative Mode :P

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