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2nd Criminal Court of Peace of Sivas, Ataturk, No. 2008/11

Ordering an IP address based access ban to YouTube.com as the website contained two further videos containing defamatory statements about Ataturk contrary to article 8(1)(b) of the Law No. 5651 and Law on crimes committed against Ataturk (Law No. 5816, dated 25/7/1951), and content contrary to article 301 (Insulting Turkishness, the Republic, the organs and institutions of the State) of the Turkish Criminal Code.
Court Decision

11th Criminal Court of Peace of Ankara, Ataturk, No. 2007/1431

This is the first decision issuing an order to block access to certain YouTube pages (URL access ban). The blocking order was issued because YouTube contained 8 videos involving defamatory statements about Ataturk contrary to article 8(1)(b) of Law No. 5651 and Law on crimes committed against Ataturk (Law No. 5816 of 1951).
Court Decision

1st Criminal Court of Peace of Istanbul, Ataturk Prosecution

Ordering the blocking of access to the whole of www.youtube.com because of a single video involving defamatory statements about Ataturk and scenes disparaging the Turkish Flag. Those conducts are considered illegal under Law No. 5816 of 1951, and against article 300 of the Turkish Criminal Code. YouTube removed the illegal video clip from its servers, and the initial access ban which was ordered on March 6, 2007 was lifted 3 days later.