Impossible to Access Wikipedia in Turkey Without Judicial Order
May 3, 2017
Ömer Fatih Sayan, head of Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (Source: Hurriyet Daily News)
ANKARA, Turkey (Hurriyet Daily News)””It is impossible to grant access to the world’s largest encyclopedia, Wikipedia, unless Turkey’s judicial decisions are implemented, the head of the country’s telecommunications watchdog has said.
“There are judicial processes that had been completed regarding some Wikipedia pages but, unfortunately, Wikipedia has not removed those pages. Turkey obeys the rule of law and what will be said on the issue has already been said by the courts. It is impossible for Wikipedia to be opened without the implementation of those decisions,”
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