When I tried to post a new entry to my blog a few minutes ago, I came across this page. It says: “Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/195 of T.C. Fatih 2.Civil Court of First Instance.”
At first, I thought it was my blog but after trying to access WordPress.com’s main page, I noticed the entire WordPress.com domain was blocked by the authorities.
Another ridiculous example of censorship on the Internet content, in Turkey. There are hundred thousands of blogs on WordPress.com and none can be accessed via Turk Telekom’s DNS servers now.
This decision of the court is a shame for a country which claims to respect free speech. I protest this unfair blockage on WordPress and call all the Turkish bloggers to support free speech and to condemn censorship.
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Tags: turkey, internet, censorship, wordpress, free+speech, blogging
August 17, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Hey! I followed the link from clipmarks (it’s me wurdzgurl) and I’m glad to see that you are still blogging. The whole this is extremely interesting so please keep blogging and clipping so we know what’s going on!
August 17, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Censurado wordpress.com en Turquía
WordPress.com ha sido bloqueado en Turquía. Cuando alguien en este país intenta acceder a esta web, les sale este mensaje: “Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/195 of T.C. Fatih 2.Civil Court of First Instanc…
August 17, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Hiya Wurdzgurl, thanks for your comment. Still no explanation from the court and reactions & protests are growing very fast here. I’ll post here a detailed info as soon as I learn something.
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