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Istanbul, Turkey – A court ordered access to YouTube’s website blocked Wednesday because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Paul Doany, head of Turk Telekom, Turkey’s largest telecom, said his company had immediately begun enforcing the ban. The court ruled later Wednesday that it would revoke the ban as soon as it ascertained that the offending videos had been removed from YouTube, which is owned by Google Inc.
During the past week, Turkish media publicized what some called a “virtual war” between Greeks and Turks on YouTube, with videos posted to belittle and berate each other.
