Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Petition launched to unblock WordPress in Turkey « istanbul despatches

"Petition launched to unblock WordPress in Turkey

August 22nd, 2007 ·

With the WordPress block in Turkey showing no signs of abating, the Mideast Youth project has launched a petition urging the Turkish authorities to reconsider their ban. The fourth largest blog site in the world boasting nearly 1.4 million blogs, with 12 million page views per month coming from Turkish readers alone, is currently the subject of a nationwide block due to a “defamation” lawsuit by controversial religious sect leader Adnan Oktar."

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