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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: 1) by tftp on Tuesday May 02 2017, @03:02AM

    by tftp (806) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @03:02AM (#502638) Homepage

    Objection to methods and tactics of radical Islam is far from being limited to Christians, and attacking them is not going to be productive.

    The primary concern among the people is not the discussion about which god is greater, but a mere preference to stay alive. Most people also feel uncomfortable seeing reports from the front lines, where jihadis are destroying everyone and everything in their path. It's kind of not customary these days to wage religious wars... What ISIS is doing can be called the reverse Crusade, an enterprise that is just as honorable and holy as all the previous ones. Stopping that Crusade is kind of important. But no, too many politicians want to use those armed peasants as cannon fodder against others. In the end, of course, the fighters will be written off and destroyed, as they are too dangerous. Many will survive, full of revenge, and the cycle will continue with some other 9/11...