Turkey on Saturday blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, the communications agency said, in the latest restriction on a popular website to hit Turkish users. Turkish media said that the ban was imposed because Wikipedia had failed to remove content promoting terror and also linking Turkey with terror groups. Residents in Istanbul were Saturday morning unable to access any pages of Wikipedia without using a Virtual Private Network (VPN), AFP correspondents said. Temporary security measuresNo reason was given for the order to block Wikipedia. But the Hurriyet daily said Turkish authorities had been in contact with Wikipedia to press for the removal of content by writers “supporting terror” and also claiming Turkey collaborated with terror groups.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 29, 2017 11:26 UTC