Just days after it was widely reported that Turkey had ended a two year ban on YouTube in the country, it now seems likely that Turkish Internet users will be blocked from accessing the site again.
Access to YouTube had been blocked since May 2008 until just a few days ago due to videos uploaded by users deemed to be offensive to Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. On Saturday, a ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by biglo30: That didn't take long, I was expecting them to ban it again but not this fast. Now all the Turkey people are suffering because of one video.
The problem isn't actually the video, it's the reaction from Turkish authorities. Turkey may feel that this is their internal affair and they can do so if they wish, but the problem is Turkey is also looking to join the European Union. What I can't understand is Turkey is willing to change details in its constitution with regard to personal freedom and human rights etc. to comply with EU policies in those areas, but in this case it doesn't seem to want to compromise.
That saddens me really because the best way to stand up to insulting videos and other things like that is to simply ignore it. I don't think Turkey is full of nothing but children who need the authorities to tell them what they can and cannot see, for their own protection. As for the video allegedly showing the politician in the bedroom with the female aide... there is an obvious reason why that would be a target of the authorities, and that's even worse because it is simply corruption.
This is why youtube is Flawed, Its Copyright Tools and Content ID Tools are free to everyone who has an account. These Tools SHOULD have to be bought in order to use them! These Tools has been HIGHLY Misused several times!
Originally posted by Notcow: EU needs to simply reject Turkey's request to join the EU. They obviously aren't planning on complying.
That's what is driving Turkey to become even closer to the radical Muslim countries like Iran-istan.
Turkey is a more moderate, open & democratic Muslim country and they're pissed the EU has ignored them for the last 20 years, which actually works against any hope of keeping Turkey as an important ally to the west. Turkey's acceptance to the EU would've kept them as a needed arbitrator, ally, & role model to help fledgling democracies in other Muslim controlled countries to succeed. The EU made a big mistake in every security analysts' eyes, and Turkey making moves to cuddle up to the radicals like Iran because of this is NOT in our best interests my friend.
