Turkey Is Blocking 3,700 Websites

Turkey Is Blocking 3,700 Websites

Turkey is blocking 3,700 Internet sites because of "arbitrary and political reasons", according to Europe's main IT security and human rights watchdog. "In its current form, Law 5651, commonly known as the Internet Law of Turkey, not only limits freedom of expression, but severely restricts citizens' right to access information," said Milos Haraszti, media freedom monitor for OSCE.

IT connectivity users that pay for this IT service can't even access YouTube, GeoCities and some pages of Google. "Even as some of the content that is deemed 'bad', such as child pornography, must be sanctioned, the law is unfit to achieve this. Instead, by blocking access to entire websites from Turkey, it paralyzes access to numerous modern file-sharing or social networks," said Milos Haraszti.