UTUBE WAS BANNED BY THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF BOURJHAMOUD'S VIDEOS

http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10463374.asp?scr=1

Hurriyet DailyNews

European parliamentarians urge Turkey to remove YouTube ban

A delegation from the European Parliament urged Turkish officials to make the necessary legal arrangements to enhance freedom of expression and eventually lift the ban on access to YouTube.
"Banning YouTube, Google's blogging site, the websites of a teachers' trade union, Richard Dawkins and even a Turkish dictionary stands alongside more than 40 cases against writers and journalists even since the reform of the so-called anti-Turkishness article of the penal code," Richard Howitt, the vice president of the European Parliament's Human Rights Sub-Committee, said in a written statement on Friday.
The British Euro MP called for the ban to be overturned at a meeting with Turkish Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin in Ankara on Thursday, the statement added.
Howitt criticized the ban, saying that around 1,000 websites are blocked in Turkey and this places the country alongside some of the world's worst nations for cyber censorship.
As a modern country looking forward to European Union membership, Turkey should be embracing new communications rather than putting itself in the same bracket as some of the world's pariah states, Howitt added in the statement.
"Whilst honoring Turkey's founder, Ataturk, blocking more than 50 websites for insulting his memory cannot be equated with banning sites for child pornography or pedophilia," he said.
Access to the world's largest video-sharing site, YouTube, has been blocked from Turkey for months. Last week, Turkish Prime Minister surprised everybody when he said that he can access the YouTube and everyone else should do as well.

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[sevry2008]

3/4/10 House panel approves Armenian genocide resolution The House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed the resolution with a 23-22 vote Thursday, even though the Obama administration had urged Congress not to offend Turkey by approving it. The resolution now goes to the full House,...

Minutes after the vote, Turkey said it was recalling its ambassador from Washington..

LOOOL they got kicked out of youtube BY bourjhamoud and now kicked out of washington too lol

[KirkKirkorian]

what is the name of this song and who are the singers?

[zippyman818]

Tekrar hoş geldiniz! Götüne koyarim!

[berkbbx3]

@sevry2008 oh really? we'll see u facist fuck, if it was a genocide, why not open ur archives if u have nothing to hide? why? because its not a genocide, and u god fking dam know it u shits, u kill turks, they kill u back, wtf do u expect? wow, a facist caused havok, isnt that a first...fking idiot

in america, where a person is running for governor, is he going to listen to a majority of armenians in his community or some turks in his community? THINK? fking facist retard, go suck hitlers dick

[jethromayham]

Turkey people do not believe in suicide bombers but the government does. The people must rise and vote with their true hearts. And so be it.

[jethromayham]

Turkish government will not be allowed into the Eu because the govt. is not secular.

It is an Islamic state. They should lead the Middle East instead. Iran wouldn't like it but Turkey is much more powerful than Iran.

[aaronsummers100]

Turkish government knows EU is only a dream but makes it political tool to fool people and get votes. Turkey is sliding back to become a real middle east country like iran, iraq. Sites full of hatred for west is free while you tube is not. thousands of websites are banned, hundreds added every month. I feel like a prisoner in my own country. Even my father wasn't born during WWI but I was sorry to see infamous 1955 events in Istanbul and hate the politicians reason of all these.

[valeagathon]

Great dimocrazy Turkey,great dimocrazy.lulz

[clare011]

who cares if you dont want to be part of the EU, your government does, and we dont want you in the EU is the only two valid points.

[AfroNinja101SK]

well it's really fascist...