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Gerald
10-31-10, 07:17 AM
Turkey has lifted its ban on YouTube, two years after it blocked access to the website because of videos deemed insulting to the country's founder.

Transport Minister Binali Yildirim, who is in charge of internet issues, said the government had been in contact with Google, which owns YouTube.

Mr Yildirim said there was no longer any reason to ban the website, because the offending videos had been removed.

Insulting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk or "Turkishness" is illegal in Turkey.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11659816


Note:30 October 2010 Last updated at 22:11 GM
tater
10-31-10, 09:12 AM
I thought they banned it because of Turkish Star Wars:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx7PYAAOwxE
Gerald
10-31-10, 09:32 AM
:haha: :haha:
gimpy117
10-31-10, 03:15 PM
somebody's trying to get into the EU.

but a country that has laws over criticizing it's leader or it's "Turkishness" is clearly not EU material
Gerald
10-31-10, 04:24 PM
Apparently good attempt, many think , and then put down the handset....
nikimcbee
10-31-10, 04:39 PM
I thought they banned it because of Turkish Star Wars:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx7PYAAOwxE

:har: Still better than episode I:shifty:.
FIREWALL
10-31-10, 05:30 PM
When I go to bed, I'll sleep beter knowing this. :O:
nikimcbee
10-31-10, 06:53 PM
That whole country is going to shut down, cuz they got a lot of videos to watch.:woot:
Gerald
10-31-10, 10:41 PM
Yes if it produces things like this video, so, it will take a long time for a possible entry into the EU, :yawn:
CptSimFreak
10-31-10, 11:03 PM
Turkey didn't ban youtube, youtube banned Turkey for this creation!
Gerald
10-31-10, 11:09 PM
I did not know, thanks for the information, :yep:
Gerald
11-02-10, 06:11 PM
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's telecommunications authority will again block access to YouTube unless the video-sharing site removes a sex video of a former opposition party leader, the state-run news agency reported Tuesday.

The threat of a new ban comes just three days after Turkey had ended a more than two-year ban on YouTube.

The Anatolia news agency said a court, considering a complaint by lawyers representing former opposition party leader Deniz Baykal, ruled that YouTube must be blocked and notified the telecommunications authority of its decision on Tuesday.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/11/02/report-youtube-faces-new-ban-turkey/


Note:Published November 02, 2010
gimpy117
11-02-10, 07:45 PM
maybe Turkey will ban subsim until we remove this thread :hmmm:
the_tyrant
11-02-10, 07:55 PM
maybe Turkey will ban subsim until we remove this thread :hmmm:

:haha:
though we don't have a single Turkish member
Gerald
11-02-10, 07:56 PM
:haha:
Diopos
11-02-10, 08:09 PM
:haha:
though we don't have a single Turkish member

How can you be sure about that?

You can do a test, though. Start a thread about Atatürk not being the greatest leader of all time and you might get a response.

:)

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gimpy117
11-02-10, 08:13 PM
:haha:
though we don't have a single Turkish member

maybe we've already bee blocked
Gerald
11-03-10, 07:58 AM
unlikely!
Dowly
11-03-10, 08:41 AM
Turkey's telecommunications authority will again block access to YouTube unless the video-sharing site removes a sex video of a former opposition party leader, the state-run news agency reported Tuesday.

Must be one farking tame sextape if it's on youtube. :haha:
TLAM Strike
11-03-10, 11:13 AM
:haha:
though we don't have a single Turkish member
:nope:
We do... (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=242436) :03:
xpatriotx
11-10-10, 05:44 AM
Turkey smart country they are teaching pc dns or some ways to open website. im from Turkey and i know all way about hack crack or something about web c++ bla bla all of it for if something ban the desirable policy
----------sorry my english soo noob
the_tyrant
11-10-10, 06:10 AM
Turkey smart country they are teaching pc dns or some ways to open website. im from Turkey and i know all way about hack crack or something about web c++ bla bla all of it for if something ban the desirable policy
----------sorry my english soo noob

so i think what he meant to say is that although he gets banned, they know how to evade the censorship
xpatriotx
11-10-10, 06:23 AM
so i think what he meant to say is that although he gets banned, they know how to evade the censorship


censors just on paper , just for kids. We are not Iran. Just our politician dont understand this "inernet unstoppable"