XPost: soc.culture.greek, soc.culture.turkish   
   From: smyrna@isgreek.org   
      
   Xtes-00k wrote:   
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   >   Turkey Blocks Access to YouTube Again   
      
   One way or an other 80% of the gay ataturk videos on youtube have to do   
   with the Irish "seanile" and the turds who support him.   
      
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   >           Published: 3/13/08, 12:25 PM EDT   
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   > 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.   
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   > 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.   
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   > 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.   
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   > Under Turkish law, it is a crime to insult Ataturk, a war hero who   
   > founded Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.   
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   > 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.   
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   > 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.   
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   > 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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