Turkey blocks YouTube
Turk Telekom blocked access to Google's YouTube video-sharing site on Wednesday after a court ruling over videos deemed insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, reports Reuters
Turk Telekom Chairman Paul Doany told in a news conference that the company, Turkey's biggest fixed-line operator, had blocked the site after a court ruling on Tuesday evening.
However, an Istanbul prosecutor told Reuters the court had on Wednesday made a second ruling lifting the block after YouTube removed the offending video from its site. It was not clear when the lifting of the block would go into effect.
Insulting Ataturk is a criminal offence in Turkey.
Turkish media said hundreds of thousands of Turks had complained about the video which featured insults written in English over a picture of Ataturk and the Turkish flag.
Vatan newspaper said the latest video was part of a "virtual war" between historical rivals Turkey and Greece, with nationals of the two countries exchanging insults.
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