Basak commented on Facebook: "In the news, it says that, Wikipedia supports global terrorism. The Turkish officials has been corresponding with wikipedia (?) but there is no answer. The site (most probably they mean English one) includes content that supports ISIS ."
http://mobil.hurriyet.com.tr/son-dakika-haberi-wikipediaya-erisim-engellendi-40441904 - Sent from mobile On Apr 29, 2017 11:55, "Mardetanha" <mardetanha.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > hopefully it would be technical mistake and will be lifted very soon. > > Mardetanha > > On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel < > it...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > FYI - sad news from Turkish. > > > > > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > > +972-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <it...@wikimedia.org.il> > > Date: Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:42 AM > > Subject: [PRESS] Turkish authorities block Wikipedia > > To: Communications Committee <wmfc...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > > > > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39754909 > > > > Reuters just published that a 15 minutes ago, so it will be soon all over > > the news. > > > > > > --- > > > > *Turkey has blocked all access inside the country to the online > > encyclopaedia Wikipedia, one of the world's most popular websites.* > > > > It was not initially clear why the ban had been imposed. > > The Turkey Blocks group said the site was inaccessible from 08:00 (05:00 > > GMT) by order of the Turkish authorities. > > People in the capital Istanbul were unable to access any Wikipedia pages > > without using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). > > "After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the Law Nr. > > 5651, an administrative measure has been taken for this website," > Turkey's > > Information and Communication Technologies Authority was quoted as > saying. > > No reason was given. > > Turkey Blocks and Turkish media, including the Hurriyet Daily News, said > > the provisional order would need to be backed by a full court ruling in > the > > next few days. > > > > Social media was in uproar as news of the ban emerged, with some users > > speculating that it might be a bid to suppress criticism on President > Recep > > Tayyip Erdogan's Wikipedia page. > > Mr Erdogan narrowly won a controversial 16 April referendum on increasing > > his powers, but the issue has deeply divided the country. > > Turkey has temporarily blocked popular social media sites including > > Facebook and Twitter in the past, especially in the wake of mass protests > > or terror attacks. > > The government has previously denied censoring the internet, blaming > > outages on spikes in usage after major events. > > > > > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > > +972-54-5878078 <+972%2054-587-8078> | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
