Turkey has restored access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia after
the official publication of a Constitutional Court ruling that the more
than two-year block was a violation of freedom of expression.
The detailed version of the ruling published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday Jan 15,2020 opened the way for an end to the ban put in place in April 2017
Turkey has accused Wikipedia of being part of a "smear campaign" against the country, after the website refused to remove content that allegedly portrayed Turkey as supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group and other organisations
Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organisation that hosts Wikipedia, had applied to Turkey's highest court to challenge the block
Initially announcing its decision in December, the court said it had ruled "that freedom of expression, which is under the protection of the 26th clause of the Constitution, had been violated."
Access to the website has been restored after the ruling, passed by a 10-to-six majority in the court, was conveyed to the telecommunications watchdog.
The detailed version of the ruling published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday Jan 15,2020 opened the way for an end to the ban put in place in April 2017
Turkey has accused Wikipedia of being part of a "smear campaign" against the country, after the website refused to remove content that allegedly portrayed Turkey as supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group and other organisations
Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organisation that hosts Wikipedia, had applied to Turkey's highest court to challenge the block
Initially announcing its decision in December, the court said it had ruled "that freedom of expression, which is under the protection of the 26th clause of the Constitution, had been violated."
Access to the website has been restored after the ruling, passed by a 10-to-six majority in the court, was conveyed to the telecommunications watchdog.
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