Turkey on Saturday blocked all access inside the country to online encyclopedia Wikipedia reportedly for articles claiming links between Ankara and terror groups, the latest restriction on a popular website to hit Turkish users. Turkish state media said the ban was imposed because Wikipedia had failed to remove content promoting terror and accusing Turkey of cooperation with various terror groups. “The loss of availability is consistent with internet filters used to censor content in the country,” Turkey Blocks said. The incident quickly spawned its own separate Wikipedia entry -- “Wikipedia blocked in Turkey”. It said Turkey had kept in contact with Wikipedia but the site had failed to remove the content in question.

Source: Hindustan Times April 29, 2017 16:07 UTC