The row began when a Turkish judge ordered telecom providers to block access to the site because it was carrying videos that insulted Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, which is a criminal offence in the country. Turkish prosecutors then objected to dozens of other videos allegedly attacking Ataturk or "Turkishnesss" or promoting Kurds. Google agreed to block videos that were illegal in Turkey so that they could not be viewed in Turkey. When, last June, a Turkish prosecutor demanded they be blocked worldwide, Google refused and the Government blocked access to the whole site.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/07/news/turkey.php
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3 months ago
It's a crime to contradict the founder of modern Turkey? It's hard to imagine a world where you could be jailed for criticizing on George Washington. we are really spoiled in this world of ours.
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