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02.Jun
June 02, 2014

Turkish constitutional court bans shutdown of YouTube

editor:Murat Suner

Last week Turkey's highest court ruled that the country's two month-old ban on YouTube violates constitutional rights to freedom of expression reports Associated Press.

The Constitutional Court said it would order telecommunications authorities to "ensure that the rights violation is removed," the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. It was not clear how soon access to YouTube would be restored.

The restrictions on YouTube were imposed in late March after the leak of an audio recording of a government security meeting. In the recording, senior officials appeared to be discussing a possible military intervention in Syria. A lawyer representing YouTube, the Turkish Bar Association and legislators from Turkey's main opposition party appealed to the high court, seeking to overturn a ban they called unconstitutional. The court's decision is binding.

The decision is a clear setback for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who wanted to shut down the video-sharing website.

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