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Turkey blocked access to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, on Saturday, through a court measure used to block access to pages or entire websites to protect “national security and public ...
Turkey warned Wikipedia to remove such content, but the nonprofit encyclopedia refused, the government said. Once Wikipedia meets Turkey’s demands, the access ban will be lifted, it said ...
When Wikipedia was restored in Turkey, Wikipedians celebrated with the hashtag #WelcomeBackTurkey.More than 80 million Turkish citizens now had access to the encyclopedia—the triumphant result ...
Turkey’s two-and-a-half-year ban on Wikipedia was lifted on Wednesday, after the country’s Constitutional Court ruled against it, according to The New York Times. In December, the court found ...
Turkey just banned Wikipedia, labeling it a ‘national security threat’ April 29, 2017 More than 8 years ago. A demonstrator waves a national flag during a protest last year in Istanbul.
Turkey is restoring access to Wikipedia after a ban that lasted almost three years. The country's Constitutional Court ruled that the ban violated freedom of expression, the pro-government ...