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Google blocked in Turkey?
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12 Apr 2009 Sun 10:20 pm |
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In a Dutch newspaper I read that according to Vatan maybe Google will be blocked like YouTube. A group of ´defenders´ of Ataturk filed charges against Google because it allows people to find insulting texts about Ataturk. A court has to decide about it, but if they decide the same way as they did with YouTube....
I found an article in Vatan, unfortunately only in Turkish so I hope I picked the right one. Maybe a Turkish member can give a translated summery and tell what the latest news is?
Article in Vatan
Edited (4/13/2009) by Trudy
[Blonde me had a lesson about inserting a link.... ;)]
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13 Apr 2009 Mon 12:51 am |
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In a Dutch newspaper I read that according to Vatan maybe Google will be blocked like YouTube. A group of ´defenders´ of Ataturk filed charges against Google because it allows people to find insulting texts about Ataturk. A court has to decide about it, but if they decide the same way as they did with YouTube....
I found an article in Vatan, unfortunately only in Turkish so I hope I picked the right one. Maybe a Turkish member can give a translated summery and tell what the latest news is?
Article in Vatan
Trudy - you wrecked the page!! 
(But together we fixed it dimi?  )
Edited (4/13/2009) by lady in red
[Co-operation!]
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13 Apr 2009 Mon 01:12 am |
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Huh? That´s ridiculous, Google is not the only search engine. How about blocking the whole Internet or creating Turkey´s own? 
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13 Apr 2009 Mon 09:28 am |
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Trudy - you wrecked the page!!
Sorry, that is that long url. How do I repair that?
Edit: Teþekkürler öðretmenim..... 
Edited (4/13/2009) by Trudy
Edited (4/13/2009) by Trudy
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13 Apr 2009 Mon 10:28 am |
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ADD moves to ban Google sites for defaming Atatürk
The Atatürkist Thought Association (ADD) has moved to block access to Google Sites due to content it deems insulting to Atatürk, the founder of Turkey, and the concept of Turkishness. The association recently applied to the Ankara Public Prosecutor´s Office to ban Google Sites, saying several pages affiliated with the famous search engine insult Atatürk and the concept of Turkishness. It is illegal in Turkey to insult Atatürk, a revered figure whose portrait still hangs in nearly all government offices almost 70 years after his death in 1938.
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13 Apr 2009 Mon 07:51 pm |
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I wouldn´t have expected any less from them 
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