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on Monday March 19 2018, @02:36PM
from the semi-accurate-facts-on-the-internet dept.
from the semi-accurate-facts-on-the-internet dept.
The Wikimedia Foundation writes in its blog that even now, after ten months, the people of Turkey are still denied access to Wikipedia by the current Turkish government.
It has been ten months since the block of Wikipedia in Turkey. For almost a year, the 80 million people of Turkey have been denied access to information on topics ranging from medicine, to history, to current events on Wikipedia. After ten months, and in the midst of the school term, the need to restore access to Wikipedia in Turkey becomes more urgent every day.
The blog post is light on information but does go on to mention ongoing efforts to negotiate removing the ban. Though mostly it concentrates on what the foundation sees as the benefits to lifting the ban.
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Ten Months Later: People of Turkey Still Denied Access to Wikipedia
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by FakeBeldin on Monday March 19 2018, @02:49PM (7 children)
Look, I'm not a big fan of what's happening in Turkey, but this frame is stretching things way too far.
If anything, the block shows that Wikipedia is becoming less relevant in Turkey every day.
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Anyway, Turkish government is evolving into a dictatorship. It would be nice if they unblocked Wikipedia. It would be even nicer if they stopped evolving into a dictatorship.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday March 19 2018, @05:36PM (6 children)
Exactly. The Turks clearly don't want Wikipedia, and don't think they're missing anything. They're getting exactly what they voted for. They wanted a dictatorship, and that's what they're getting. I do feel sorry for the minority groups though, particularly the Kurds.
(Score: 5, Informative) by takyon on Monday March 19 2018, @05:46PM
The following URL is blocked in Turkey lol:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud_and_violence_during_the_Turkish_general_election,_June_2015 [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday March 19 2018, @10:52PM
I feel sorry for the Kurds too, the Sykes–Picot Agreement [wikipedia.org] really screwed them over.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 20 2018, @12:21AM (2 children)
FTFY. Don't confuse Erdogan's whims and convenience with those of Turkish people.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Grishnakh on Tuesday March 20 2018, @03:58AM (1 child)
They voted for him, just like we voted for Trump.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 20 2018, @08:30PM
(Score: 0) by fakefuck39 on Tuesday March 20 2018, @04:51AM
They don't know what wikipedia is. They don't know what a computer is. This is a 3rd world country where people on the street burn random plastic garbage to cook the food they sell. They have dirt on their face, haven't showered in days, have rats and cockroaches running all over the place. There are police with machine guns every other block, and tank-looking things every few blocks. They don't have the concept of walking on the left or right side of the street - it's a bunch or dirty short ants walking in random directions, bumping into each other, picking pockets, and spreading disease. In the morning and again at night they blast muslim prayers over megaphones that cover the whole city. Their whole "culture" is based on being dirty smelly sand niggers, stealing and ripping each other off. Literally city blocks have a rotting smell to them that will make you throw up. Their housing looks like a dumpster filled with rats (but actually it's turks - they're a really small people).
They don't know what wikipedia is, or google, or anything else. This is a 3rd world country. Source: been to turkey many times. The tourist areas in old town Istanbul is nice and euro-ish. Where the actual turks live though. Oh my fucking god, it's a race of disgusting brown rats.