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It's incorrect. The block was began because of Turkey was in the list of State-sponsored Terrorism article [1]. Turkish authorities asked to remove the content

by kariha 7y ago

It's incorrect. The block was began because of Turkey was in the list of State-sponsored Terrorism article [1]. Turkish authorities asked to remove the content from Wikipedia, otherwise they will be blocked. [2] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_of_Wikipedia_in_Turkey#cite_note-54 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_of_Wikipedia_in_Turkey#c...

baybal2 7y ago
Yes, that is the formal pretext, but everybody knows that Erdogan's damat is the real reason
- kariha 7y ago
  That's misrepresentation of the root cause. The block was there, because it's easy to block. Uber is blocked in Turkey, you can't even access uber.com. Pastebin.com is blocked due to a data leak was posted in there a couple of years ago. Imgur is banned due to pro-terrorism post, AFAIK but I'm not sure. There's no damat (son-in-law) in those cases. Damat is a multiplier but not a reason.
mzs 7y ago
On Oct16* it was two BiL articles that caused internet blockages even wider than just wikipedia. Then later on Apr17* it was two terrorism articles that caused internet blockages and this was given as the official reason for blocking wikipedia. https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/revealed-the-four-articles-that-got-wikipedia-banned-in-turkey-1.6032214 https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/revealed-the... Oct16* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berat_Albayrak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berat_Albayrak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedHack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedHack Apr17* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism#Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism#Turk... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War#Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Syr...

by kariha 7y ago

baybal2 7y ago

Yes, that is the formal pretext, but everybody knows that Erdogan's damat is the real reason

kariha 7y ago
That's misrepresentation of the root cause. The block was there, because it's easy to block. Uber is blocked in Turkey, you can't even access uber.com. Pastebin.com is blocked due to a data leak was posted in there a couple of years ago. Imgur is banned due to pro-terrorism post, AFAIK but I'm not sure. There's no damat (son-in-law) in those cases. Damat is a multiplier but not a reason.

mzs 7y ago

On Oct16* it was two BiL articles that caused internet blockages even wider than just wikipedia. Then later on Apr17* it was two terrorism articles that caused internet blockages and this was given as the official reason for blocking wikipedia. https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/revealed-the-four-articles-that-got-wikipedia-banned-in-turkey-1.6032214 https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/revealed-the... Oct16* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berat_Albayrak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berat_Albayrak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedHack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedHack Apr17* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism#Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism#Turk... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War#Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Syr...