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From the outside this seems strange in light of the current autocratic nature of the government in Turkey where we hear stories of wholesale purges from civil service jobs, universities and etc.

> “One of the sad issues is this: We expressed on every platform since the first day that the process of blocking access to the whole of Wikipedia was unlawful,” Gonenc Gurkaynak, a lawyer representing Wikimedia, wrote on Twitter.<p>Huh? So does this imply that blocking access to specific Wikipedia articles <i>would</i> be lawful?<p>That would not be such a reassuring concession by someone representing Wikimedia.

I truly resent and despise the infantile attempts at self-preservation through censorship. I hope this years-long embarrassment resolves itself.

Good! It is hard to watch all the damage being dealt to institutions in Turkey with these "terrorist" laws. So I'm always happy to note remnants of a functioning civil society. It means that when the antidemocratic AKP is voted out, the country doesn't start from zero.

Edit: Sorry, I misread a quote from the article.

Erdogan will probably try to fix it by setting up more agreeable judges or by changing the constitution itself, like Putin is planning to do.

From the outside this seems strange in light of the current autocratic nature of the government in Turkey where we hear stories of wholesale purges from civil service jobs, universities and etc.

I truly resent and despise the infantile attempts at self-preservation through censorship. I hope this years-long embarrassment resolves itself.

Edit: Sorry, I misread a quote from the article.

Erdogan will probably try to fix it by setting up more agreeable judges or by changing the constitution itself, like Putin is planning to do.

Turkey's block on Wikipedia violates rights, court rules

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Turkey's block on Wikipedia violates rights, court rules

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