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January 25, 2010
Turkey: OSCE Urges Reform of Internet Law
The OSCE has urged members of parliament to either "reform or abolish" Law 5651, officially entitled Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publication. The law was passed in 2007 after a video mocking the late Mustafa Kemal Ataturk appeared on YouTube, and another showed someone disparaging the Turkish flag. Since then, the OSCE report notes, more than 3700 websites have been blocked, including YouTube, Google, and Geocities. Turkish news sites have also been targeted, as have two of the country's largest GLBT sites.
-Kathleen A. Bergin
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