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This article is inaccurate. It makes it seem as if YouTube is no longer blocked in Turkey when, last I checked, it still is...

Retric 18y ago
Actuality, they don't say it works in Turkey only that: YouTube, which has country-specific sites in 23 countries, has in the past been blocked in certain countries, including Turkey which might suggest it currently works but does not say so. Anyway, while I don't think it's an issue with Turkey I expect China blocking YouTube might become a free trade issue.
- garply 18y ago
  I hadn't thought about that angle - I'm sure Youku and Tudou, the native competitors, are getting huge traffic surges right now.
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- utku_karatas 18y ago
  You're right about Turkey, it's no free trade issue here. The bans are about our archaic laws allowing anyone to claim any site for being a threat to our national unity. And these lawsuits usually end up with banning the whole thing. At some point even Blogger.com was gone (probably because some smart-ass didn't like one post and issued a suit). And as for the inaccuracy of the write up, Youtube's status is quite flaky because of all the lawsuits against it - one after another. Even we lost the track of what's going on there - let alone the poor guy :)
  - eru 18y ago
    > You're right about Turkey, it's no free trade issue here. Yes. The last time I noticed, it was about the sexual orientation of the republic's founder, Mustafa Kemal Attatürk. Is that still current?
    - utku_karatas 18y ago
      AFAICR, yes, that was the first tide of the neverending banning wave - an insulting song about Ataturk whose legacy is protected strictly by the current law. I've no clue what the latest reason is though.
- jhancock 18y ago
  Its not going to become a free trade issue. Not as long as the U.S. needs China to keep buying treasury notes. Pay attention to want _isn't_ being said in the U.S. press about China. This will point you to the laundry list of things China is telling the U.S. to keep its hands off if it wants China to keep buying US$ debt.

Retric 18y ago

Actuality, they don't say it works in Turkey only that: YouTube, which has country-specific sites in 23 countries, has in the past been blocked in certain countries, including Turkey which might suggest it currently works but does not say so. Anyway, while I don't think it's an issue with Turkey I expect China blocking YouTube might become a free trade issue.

garply 18y ago
I hadn't thought about that angle - I'm sure Youku and Tudou, the native competitors, are getting huge traffic surges right now.
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utku_karatas 18y ago
You're right about Turkey, it's no free trade issue here. The bans are about our archaic laws allowing anyone to claim any site for being a threat to our national unity. And these lawsuits usually end up with banning the whole thing. At some point even Blogger.com was gone (probably because some smart-ass didn't like one post and issued a suit). And as for the inaccuracy of the write up, Youtube's status is quite flaky because of all the lawsuits against it - one after another. Even we lost the track of what's going on there - let alone the poor guy :)
- eru 18y ago
  > You're right about Turkey, it's no free trade issue here. Yes. The last time I noticed, it was about the sexual orientation of the republic's founder, Mustafa Kemal Attatürk. Is that still current?
  - utku_karatas 18y ago
    AFAICR, yes, that was the first tide of the neverending banning wave - an insulting song about Ataturk whose legacy is protected strictly by the current law. I've no clue what the latest reason is though.
jhancock 18y ago
Its not going to become a free trade issue. Not as long as the U.S. needs China to keep buying treasury notes. Pay attention to want _isn't_ being said in the U.S. press about China. This will point you to the laundry list of things China is telling the U.S. to keep its hands off if it wants China to keep buying US$ debt.