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Turkey Has Reportedly Banned Google
oxide7 and a number of other readers sent word (from mostly non-authoritative sources as yet) that Turkey had imposed an indefinite ban on some Google properties. "Turkey's Telecommunications Presidency said it has banned access to many of Google IP addresses without assigning clear reasons. The statement did not confirm if the ban is temporary or permanent. Google's translation and document sharing sites have also been banned indefinitely along with YouTube and Facebook in the country. Other services such as AppEngine, FeedBurner, Analytics, etc., have also been reportedly banned." Some real-time commentary (much of it in Turkish) can be found at Twitter hashtag #TurkeyCensoringGoogle. We have noted in past years the censorious ways of Turkish courts.
It's about time that Turkey was expelled from NATO. It's turning into a fascist religiously controlled state at an alarming rate.
Not only is Ataturk dead, the Turks are turning Jihadist, so now we'll have Taliban with a taste for dead Kurd (erm, "Mountain Turks").
The veneer of modern civilization is peeling off (granted, the glue never dried) and they are revealing their true Muslim character.
Add it to the list of countries Israel should nuke when götterdämmerung comes.
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
Why aren't they allowed to have a democratic country implementing Sharia law? If it's a liberal reading of Sharia law it might even be better than the "pay lip service to people's rights while trampling on them and making yourself billions of dollars" that the US has spawned and is exporting.