Andre Yoskowitz
17 Sep 2007 19:28
The Turkish government has recently banned The Pirate Bay, making the infamous torrent tracker inaccessible to any internet user in the country.
This is not the first time Turkey has banned sites though. YouTube was banned in March for hosting videos that insulted the founder of modern Turkey. Two days later when the videos were removed, the ban was lifted however. Just last month, the site wordpress.com was blocked because some users were charged with defamation of a famous Turkish author.
According to TF, when asked for comment, the admins of TPB said the site had been blocked “for over a year” but they’re “not sure if it’s the whole country or just the major ISPs.” They also said “there was some court ruling over it.”
The court ruling however, is somewhat of a mystery. The judge in that case ruled that Türk Telekom, Turkey’s largest ISP, had to block The Pirate Bay, but at this time it is unknown as to why.
Source:
TorrentFreak