hopefully it would be technical mistake and will be lifted very soon. Mardetanha
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > > FYI - sad news from Turkish. > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > +972-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:42 AM > Subject: [PRESS] Turkish authorities block Wikipedia > To: Communications Committee <[email protected]> > > > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39754909 > > Reuters just published that a 15 minutes ago, so it will be soon all over > the news. > > > --- > > *Turkey has blocked all access inside the country to the online > encyclopaedia Wikipedia, one of the world's most popular websites.* > > It was not initially clear why the ban had been imposed. > The Turkey Blocks group said the site was inaccessible from 08:00 (05:00 > GMT) by order of the Turkish authorities. > People in the capital Istanbul were unable to access any Wikipedia pages > without using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). > "After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the Law Nr. > 5651, an administrative measure has been taken for this website," Turkey's > Information and Communication Technologies Authority was quoted as saying. > No reason was given. > Turkey Blocks and Turkish media, including the Hurriyet Daily News, said > the provisional order would need to be backed by a full court ruling in the > next few days. > > Social media was in uproar as news of the ban emerged, with some users > speculating that it might be a bid to suppress criticism on President Recep > Tayyip Erdogan's Wikipedia page. > Mr Erdogan narrowly won a controversial 16 April referendum on increasing > his powers, but the issue has deeply divided the country. > Turkey has temporarily blocked popular social media sites including > Facebook and Twitter in the past, especially in the wake of mass protests > or terror attacks. > The government has previously denied censoring the internet, blaming > outages on spikes in usage after major events. > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > +972-54-5878078 <+972%2054-587-8078> | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
