Both en.wikipedia.org and tr.wikipedia.org are still blocked. On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 10:44 PM Mike Godwin <mnemo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Great news! Even if the court's decision isn't implemented by the current > Turkish government, it is important to have established that the block was > a violation of constitutional principles. > > Mike > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 4:40 PM Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have some good news to share with you all -- after nearly three years of > > Wikipedia being blocked in Turkey, the Turkish Constitutional Court has > > ruled that this is unconstitutional. We hope that access will be restored > > soon in light of this ruling, and will keep you updated as we hear further > > developments. > > > > Please join me in congratulating the Wikimedia community in Turkey, the > > millions of Wikipedia readers in Turkey, and all of those struggling under > > censorship around the world, on this critical affirmation of the > > fundamental right to knowledge. > > > > Imposed in April of 2017, the block has prevented the 80+ million people > > in Turkey from accessing and participating in all language versions of > > Wikipedia. It also prevented members of our community in Turkey from freely > > engaging with the projects and impaired our movement’s global effort to > > represent the sum of all knowledge. > > > > As many of you might recall, we had filed an urgent application to the > > European Court of Human Rights in April 2019. Our petition on the legality > > of the access ban is currently before the ECHR and we are evaluating our > > next steps based on this latest ruling. > > > > A team from within and outside the Wikimedia Foundation has been working > > diligently since the block was instituted to restore full access in Turkey. > > Throughout this process, we have been guided by our Wikimedia values and a > > belief that Wikipedia must be accessible in its entirety; with no > > censorship of any kind to be tolerated. We worked closely with Wikimedia > > community members in Turkey to understand and act in a way that reflected > > their needs, wishes, and local context. We also benefited greatly from > > conversations with experts around the world. > > > > We will be posting more information on the Foundation website soon. In the > > meantime, I wanted to offer my sincere appreciation and admiration to the > > members of our community in Turkey -- you have shown great integrity, > > courage, and dedication. Your unwavering commitment to the Wikimedia > > projects, despite the obstacles placed in front of you, is an inspiration > > to us all. > > > > Thank you to every Wikimedia community member around the world who showed > > support for the Turkish community. Your commitment to our sense of > > community and the strength of our global movement is an inspiration. > > > > Finally, I would also like to thank the many Foundation staff and others > > involved over the past months for your exceptional diligence, > > professionalism, and tact in handling a delicate situation. > > > > While this is a favorable ruling for our case in Turkey, it remains to be > > seen whether the Turkish government will indeed restore access in Turkey. > > And serious threats to free knowledge remain around the world. Today's > > ruling is a reminder of the work we still left to do. > > > > But at this moment, let us celebrate this important recognition that the > > right to information is fundamental to every human, with happy anticipation > > of the return of Turkey to our global community of editors, readers, and > > knowledge seekers. > > > > Katherine > > > > -- > > > > Katherine Maher (she/her) > > > > Executive Director > > > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
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