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   Turkey Blocks Access to YouTube Again   
   Published: 3/13/08, 12:25 PM EDT   
      
   ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkey blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web   
   site YouTube on Thursday in response to a video clip deemed insulting to the   
   country's revered founding father, state-run media said.   
      
   A court in the capital of Ankara ordered the ban at the request of a   
   prosecutor who had argued the clip was disrespectful to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,   
   who died seven decades ago, the Anatolia news agency said. It was not clear   
   how long the ban would last.   
      
   Turkey briefly imposed bans on access to YouTube on similar grounds in the   
   past, but access was restored after the Web site removed the videos.   
      
   Under Turkish law, it is a crime to insult Ataturk, a war hero who founded   
   Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.   
      
   The YouTube bans in Turkey have highlighted the country's troubled record on   
   free expression which Turkey wants to improve as part of its bid to join the   
   European Union.   
      
   Last month, Pakistan briefly blocked access to YouTube because of a video   
   featuring a Dutch lawmaker who has said he plans to release a movie portraying   
   Islam as fascist.   
      
   The move inadvertently cut access for most of the world's Internet users for   
   up to two hours, highlighting the vulnerability of the Internet.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
Turkey Blocks Access to YouTube Again
   
   
Published: 3/13/08, 12:25 PM EDT
   
   
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkey blocked access to the popular    
   video-sharing Web site YouTube on Thursday in response to a video clip deemed    
   insulting to the country's revered founding father, state-run media    
   said.
   
   
A court in the capital of Ankara ordered the ban at the   
   request    
   of a prosecutor who had argued the clip was disrespectful to Mustafa Kemal    
   Ataturk, who died seven decades ago, the Anatolia news agency said. It was not    
   clear how long the ban would last.
   
   
Turkey briefly imposed bans on access to YouTube on similar    
   grounds in the past, but access was restored after the Web site removed the    
   videos.
   
   
Under Turkish law, it is a crime to insult Ataturk, a war hero    
   who founded Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.
   
   
The YouTube bans in Turkey have highlighted the country's    
   troubled record on free expression which Turkey wants to improve as part of   
   its    
   bid to join the European Union.
   
   
Last month, Pakistan briefly blocked access to YouTube because    
   of a video featuring a Dutch lawmaker who has said he plans to release a movie    
   portraying Islam as fascist.
   
   
The move inadvertently cut access for most of the world's    
   Internet users for up to two hours, highlighting the vulnerability of the    
   Internet.
   
      
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