{"id":314910,"date":"2017-04-29T09:15:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T09:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=314910"},"modified":"2017-04-29T09:15:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T09:15:54","slug":"turkish-authorities-block-wikipedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/turkish-authorities-block-wikipedia\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish authorities block Wikipedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Turkey has blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, one of the world&#8217;s most popular websites.<\/p>\n<p>It was not initially clear why the ban had been imposed.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkey Blocks group said the site was inaccessible from 08:00 (05:00 GMT) by order of the Turkish authorities.<\/p>\n<p>People in the capital Istanbul were unable to access any Wikipedia pages without using a Virtual Private Network (VPN).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the Law Nr. 5651, an administrative measure has been taken for this website,&#8221; Turkey&#8217;s Information and Communication Technologies Authority was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>No reason was given.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s Wikipedia page.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Erdogan narrowly won a controversial 16 April referendum on increasing his powers, but the issue has deeply divided the country.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The government has previously denied censoring the internet, blaming outages on spikes in usage after major events.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey has blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, one of the world&#8217;s most popular websites. 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