Turkey on Saturday blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia reportedly for articles claiming links between Ankara and terror groups, the latest restriction on a popular website to hit Turkish users.
Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) said it had implemented the ban against Wikipedia.Org, without making the reason for the move. Turkish state media said the ban was imposed because Wikipedia had failed to remove content promoting terror and accusing Turkey of cooperation with various terror groups.
There was no indication as to when the ban might be removed, with a formal court order expected to follow in the coming days. Reacting to the ban, Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales wrote on Twitter: “Access to information is a fundamental human right. Turkish people, I will always stand with you to fight for this right.”
