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Turkey: YouTube Blocked Over Content Found Offensive 
New York Times - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
A court ordered the YouTube Web site blocked throughout Turkey because of a video deemed insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. The ban followed a week of what the news media termed a ?virtual war? of videos between Greeks and Turks on YouTube. The largest Internet provider, Turk Telecom, complied with the ban and cut off access to the site. Insulting Ataturk is a ...Court blocks access to YouTube in Turkey 
International Herald Tribune - Mar 07 12:02 PM
The Web site was blocked because of a video deemed insulting to the founder of Turkey.YouTube Banned in Turkey 
Time Magazine - Mar 07 12:25 PM
A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey Turkey blocks YouTube over insult to Ataturk 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 07 7:20 AM
Turk Telekom blocked access to Google's YouTube video-sharing site on Wednesday after a court ruling over videos deemed insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.Turkey plans anti-missile buys 
UPI - Mar 07 9:20 AM
Turkey plans to acquire four anti-missile defense systems amid continuing suspicions over Iran's nuclear enrichment program.How To Evade Turkey's YouTube Ban 
Wired News - Mar 07 5:58 PM
Turkey banned YouTube for hosting videos "insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk." Here's a technical guide to evading the cultural censors. In 27B Stroke 6.Turkey shuts down YouTube access 
Financial Times - Mar 07 6:26 PM
Turkey's largest internet services provider shut down access to the YouTube video-sharing website yesterday. Want to read more?Turkey bans YouTube 
The Scotsman - Mar 07 5:50 PM
A TURKISH court yesterday ordered access to YouTube's website to be blocked because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.Turkey pulls plug on YouTube over Ataturk 'insults' 
Guardian Unlimited - Mar 07 7:59 AM
Website access blocked over videos about Turkey's founder.Turkey pulls plug on YouTube over Ataturk 'insults' 
Guardian Unlimited - Mar 07 7:30 AM
A Turkish court today ordered access to YouTube to be blocked because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey.IPO has Turkey back in vogue 
Financial Times - Mar 07 9:40 AM
The operator of Turkey's main international airports raised $320m in an initial public offering yesterday that testified to the current investor popularity of Turkish assets and of infrastructure companies with secure revenue streams.Turkey Bans YouTube Over Gay Charges 
365Gay.com - Mar 07 10:07 AM
(Istanbul, Turkey) A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.Iranian missing in Turkey sparks spy snatch talk 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 06 10:17 AM
Mystery swirled on Tuesday over the disappearance of a senior Iranian official in Turkey, with accusations in Tehran he was snatched by Western spy agencies and even the Israeli media suggesting it may have been the work of their own Mossad.Turkey books will give you a leg up on spring hunting 
Delta Democrat Times - Mar 07 11:53 AM
With spring turkey hunting season less than two weeks away (March 15th), anyone interested in heading out in pursuit of this worthy adversary would do well to read two books written by Greenville author Wade Wineman Jr.Turkey blocks Youtube and Kurdish sites 
Kurdish Media - Mar 07 11:49 AM
Day after day Turkey proves its poor political culture and the immaturity of its leaders. Turkish court decided wednesday to block Youtube after proves that it contain material insulting Ataturk the founder of modern Turkey and it would bring "Turkishness in danger".Turkey Blocks Access to YouTube 
BetaNews - Mar 07 8:42 AM
Access to YouTube from within Turkey was blocked Wednesday after prosecutors pointed out videos insulting the founder of the modern version of the country were appearing on the site.Turkey: YouTube blocked by court order 
Addict 3D - Mar 07 7:04 AM
i have not been able to determine why yet, but youtube has been blocked in turkey by a court order.Misguided feeding turned turkey into trouble 
The Flint Journal - Mar 07 7:05 AM
GRAND BLANC TWP. - Coach the turkey is dead, but don't blame the guy who shot her. Blame the people who fed her, say friends and wildlife specialists.'Mr Ocalan' conviction in Turkey 
BBC News - Mar 06 2:14 PM
A politician in Turkey is sentenced to six months in prison for calling Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan "Mr".Turkey Censors YouTube 
Slashdot - Mar 07 7:26 AM
FM Reader writes "After a controversial mock-up video reportedly submitted by a Greek member about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, Turkish courts ordered the national ISPs to ban the online video service, YouTube. YouTube hostnames are currently redirected at the DNS level to a page that announces the court order." Report: Turkey disco roof collapse kills 3 
AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 06 1:56 AM
A rock fall caused the roof of a hillside nightclub to collapse in the touristic Cappadocia area of central Turkey, killing three people, reports said Tuesday.Asgari disappeared during a private visit to Istanbul, Turkey's largest city. 
Aljazeera - Mar 06 10:44 PM
Iran has accused Western governments of kidnapping a senior defence ministry official who disappeared three days ago in Istanbul in western Turkey.Turkey: Court Pulls Plug on Youtube 
New York Times - 39 minutes ago
An Istanbul court ordered access to the video sharing Web site YouTubeblocked because of a clip on the site that was said to insult the nation?s revered founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Critical comments against Ataturk are barred by law. YouTube later said it had removed the clip, and another court ruling said access to the service could be restored. According to news reports, the clip was part ...Muslim, Christian and Jewish Students Travel to Turkey for Spring Break 
Newswise - Mar 07 4:27 AM
A diverse group of Syracuse University students from different faith traditions will spend their Spring Break in a unique way, by traveling to Turkey to study how Muslim, Christian and Jewish peoples have co-existed in the region throughout history and continue to today. They will chronicle their experience on a special website, http://hendricks.syr.edu/turkey.Washington Post calls on Turkey "not to take seriously" Armenian Genocide bill 
PanARMENIAN.Net - Mar 07 2:45 AM
"435 House members will decide on whether or not to approve of Adam Schiff's version of events which occurred 92 years ago in the northeast region of Turkey," Jackson Diehl writes.Turkey seeks greater role for women in Islam 
Khaleej Times - Mar 06 6:19 PM
ANKARA - Turkey plans to appoint women to religious affairs positions across the Muslim but secular country in a move to boost equal rights, Turkey s top religious authority said on Tuesday.Turkey To Forge Own Path Towards EU Accession, Says Babacan, 
Tax-News.com - Mar 06 8:31 PM
Turkey's Economy Minister and chief EU negotiator, Ali Babacan last week revealed that the Turkish authorities plan to set their own pace for the reforms necessary to secure the country's accession to the European Union.