ANKARA: Turkey’s government yesterday said it would keep its block on YouTube in place despite two separate courts ordering the ban be lifted.
In a statement, Turkey’s Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK) said the ban would remain as illegal content was still available on the video-sharing site.
YouTube was originally blocked on March 27 after an audio recording of top civilian and military officials holding high-level security talks on Syria appeared.
A court in the capital Ankara lifted the ban last Friday, saying a blanket ban violated human rights and instead limited the restriction to people accessing 15 specific videos.
That ruling was followed by a higher Ankara court on Wednesday declaring the blocking of YouTube as illegal.
AFP
