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[[File:Censored_wikipedia_logo_for_trwiki.svg|thumb|200px|The [[Turkish Wikipedia]] logo with a [[censor bars|censor bar]] covering the text. This version of the logo has been in use since the ban.]]
[[File:TurkishWikipedia block pageviews february-may2017.png|thumb|right|200px|A graph of page views for the Turkish Wikipedia from February to May 2017 shows a great drop of roughly 80% immediately after the block was imposed. With Wikipedia's content being [[open data|open]], alternative websites continue to provide the information provided by the online encyclopedia to the public.]]

On 29 April 2017, Turkish authorities blocked online access to all language editions of the online encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]] throughout [[Turkey]].<ref name="tb">{{Cite web|url=https://turkeyblocks.org/2017/04/29/wikipedia-blocked-turkey/|title=Wikipedia blocked in Turkey|date=29 April 2017|website=Turkey Blocks|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39754909|title=Turkish authorities block Wikipedia without giving reason|date=29 April 2017|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=29 April 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> The restrictions were imposed by [[Internet regulation in Turkey#Internet law|Turkish Law No. 5651]],<ref>{{cite web|title=İNTERNET ORTAMINDA YAPILAN YAYINLARIN DÜZENLENMESİ VE BU YAYINLAR YOLUYLA İŞLENEN SUÇLARLA MÜCADELE EDİLMESİ HAKKINDA KANUN |language=Turkish |trans-title=Turkish law based ban of Wikipedia |url=http://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/MevzuatMetin/1.5.5651.pdf |website=mevzuat.gov.tr |access-date=2 August 2017 }}</ref> due to the [[English Wikipedia|English version]]'s article on [[state-sponsored terrorism]], where Turkey was described as a sponsor country for [[ISIS]] and [[Al-Qaeda]], which Turkish courts viewed as a public [[Media manipulation|manipulation]] of [[mass media]]. Requests by the [[Information and Communication Technologies Authority|Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority]] to edit several articles to comply with Turkish law were not adhered to.

As of January 2018, Wikipedia was still banned in Turkey and Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director [[Katherine Maher]] did not know why.<ref name=hurriyet>{{cite news |date=January 17, 2018 |title=Wikipedia ‘still not sure’ why it is still banned in Turkey |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/wikipedia-still-not-sure-why-it-is-still-banned-in-turkey-125858 |work=Hurriyet |location=Istanbul |access-date=January 17, 2018 }}</ref> On 5 March 2018, Wikipedia's Facebook page started the "We Miss Turkey" ({{lang-tr|Özledik}}) campaign and replaced the black censor bar over the Wikipedia logo with a red one. It also had an accompanying [[hashtag]] of the same name.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/teknoloji/wikipediadan-kampanya-turkiyeyi-ozledik,aXy82ZZgb0eO3Nx34ehB7w|title=Wikipedia’dan kampanya: Türkiye’yi özledik|work=NTV.com.tr|date=6 March 2018|access-date=11 April 2018|language=Turkish}}</ref>

==Background==
Some countries have faulted Turkey for [[Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War#Turkey|funding Islamist rebel groups]] in [[Syria]], including [[al-Qaeda]]'s affiliate in Syria, the [[al-Nusra Front]].<ref name="biden">{{cite news |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/12392.aspx|title=Gulf allies and 'Army of Conquest'|newspaper=[[Al-Ahram Weekly]]|date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html|title=Turkey and Saudi Arabia alarm the West by backing Islamist extremists the Americans had bombed in Syria|author=Kim Sengupta|newspaper=The Independent|date=12 May 2015}}</ref> In October 2014, U.S. Vice President [[Joe Biden]] said that Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the UAE had "poured hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against [[Bashar al-Assad|Al-Assad]]".<ref name="biden"/>

The block occurred on 30 April 2017, two weeks after the [[Turkish constitutional referendum, 2017|Turkish constitutional referendum]], which was held on 16 April.

On 25 April, Turkey [[April 2017 Turkish airstrikes in Syria and Iraq|conducted several airstrikes]] on [[YPG]], [[YPJ]], and [[PKK]] facilities in both Syria and Iraq (Sinjar). 40 militants, including five [[Peshmerga]] soldiers, were killed at Iraq's [[Sinjar Mountains]], and more than 20 YPG and YPJ fighters were killed on Syria's [[Mount Karakoc]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-may-hit-ypg-in-syria-all-of-a-sudden-president-erdogan.aspx?PageID=238&NID=112570|title=Turkey may hit YPG in Syria 'all of a sudden': President Erdoğan|newspaper=Hürriyet Daily News|date=30 April 2017|access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref> The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) threatened to withdraw from the [[Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)|operation to capture Raqqa]] if the United States did not take measures to stop Turkey's airstrikes against the group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrttv.com/en/Details.aspx?Jimare=14156|title=YPG threatens to withdraw from Raqqa ops amid Turkish attacks|date=28 April 2017|publisher=NRT TV|access-date=28 April 2017}}</ref> In response, the US began to patrol the border alongside SDF troops in order to force a ceasefire between its two allies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cp24.com/world/turkey-u-s-move-armored-vehicles-onto-either-side-of-syrian-border-1.3390978|title=Turkey, U.S. move armored vehicles onto either side of Syrian border|first=Zeynep1|last1=Bilginsoy|first2=Sarah El|last2=Deeb|work=CP24|date=29 April 2017|access-date=29 April 2017|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://aranews.net/2017/04/turkey-attacks-rojava-to-impede-anti-isis-operations-in-raqqa-western-sdf-volunteer/|title=Turkey attacks Rojava to impede anti-ISIS operations in Raqqa: Western SDF volunteer - ARA News|date=30 April 2017|work=ARA News|access-date=30 April 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

On 26 April, continuing the [[2016–present purges in Turkey|purges that started in 2016]], 1,009 police officers were detained based on accusations of being secretly involved with the [[Gülen movement|Gülenist network]] within the Turkish police force.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/world/europe/turkey-1000-coup-gulen.html|title=Over 1,000 People Are Detained in Raids in Turkey|last=Kingsley|first=Patrick|date=26 April 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=29 April 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 9,100 officers have been suspended.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2017/04/26/purges-en-turquie-plus-de-9-000-policiers-suspendus_5118231_3218.html|title=Purges en Turquie : plus de 9 000 policiers suspendus|date=26 April 2017|work=Le Monde|access-date=29 April 2017|language=fr|issn=1950-6244}}</ref><ref name="Reuters0430">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-expulsions-idUSKBN17V0MH|title=Turkey fires 3,900 in second post-referendum purge|date=29 April 2017|publisher=Reuters|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref>
On 29 April, 3,974 more civil servants were dismissed. Media outlets and reporters have been heavily targeted; 190 news organizations have been banned and at least 120 journalists have been imprisoned.<ref name="Turks Click" /> Together with the ban of Wikipedia and television [[dating show]]s, ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the moves as "an expand[ing] crackdown on dissent and free expression".<ref name="Kingsley">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/world/europe/turkey-purge-wikipedia-tv-dating-shows.html|title=Turkey Purges 4,000 More Officials, and Blocks Wikipedia|last=Kingsley|first=Patrick|date=30 April 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=30 April 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Legal context==
[[Internet regulation in Turkey#Internet law|Law No. 5651]], known as the Internet Act (IA), was enacted on 4 May 2007.<ref name="WIPO LAW 5651">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=11035|title=Turkey: Law No. 5651 on Regulating Broadcasting in the Internet and Fighting Against Crimes Committed through Internet Broadcasting|publisher=WIPO|language=en|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> The purpose of this law was described by the now-defunct [[Presidency of Telecommunication and Communication]] as follows: "There are two reasons for the law to be brought. The first reason: to determine the liability and the responsibility of collective use providers, access providers, location providers, and content providers, which are the main actors of the Internet. The other reason is to determine the procedures and fundamentals related to the specific crimes committed over the Internet and fighting these through content, location and access providers."<ref name="PTC REGULATIONS INTERNET">{{cite web|last=Presidency of Telecommunication, communication|first=PTC|title=Information about the regulations of the content of the Internet|url=http://m.tib.gov.tr/en/en-menu-47-information_about_the_regulations_of_the_content_of_the_internet.html|publisher=PTC|access-date=22 March 2014}} {{dead link|date=May 2017}}</ref> More recently, the law has been used to censor individuals, journalists and the media.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.cyber-rights.org/reports/internet_restricted_bw.pdf|title=Internet : restricted access : a critical assessment of Internet content regulation and censorship in Turkey|last=Yaman|first=Akdeniz|last2=Kerem|first2=Altiparmak|date=November 2008|publisher=Imaj Kitabevi & Imaj Yayinevi|isbn=9789758752652|oclc=488655521}}</ref> At least 127,000 websites are estimated to have been blocked in Turkey, along with another 95,000 individual web pages.<ref name="Turks Click">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/world/europe/turkey-wikipedia-ban-recep-tayyip-erdogan.html|title=Turks Click Away, but Wikipedia Is Gone|last=Kingsley|first=Patrick|work=The New York Times|date=June 10, 2017|accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref>

==Block==
On the morning of 29 April 2017, following news from [[Turkey Blocks]] that all language editions of Wikipedia had been blocked in Turkey,<ref name="tb"/> several websites published articles about the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2017/04/turkey-blocks-wikipedia-as-threat-to-national-security.php|title=Turkey blocks Wikipedia as threat to national security|work=Jurist|language=en|date=29 April 2017|access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref> [[Reuters]] and the [[BBC]] reported that the Turkish authorities had blocked all access to Wikipedia in the country beginning at 5:00 AM GMT. Turkey's [[Information and Communication Technologies Authority]] simply stated: "After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the Law Nr. [sic] 5651 [governing the internet], an administrative measure has been taken for this website."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-internet-wikipedia-idUSKBN17V06Q|title=Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia|date=29 April 2017|publisher=Reuters|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="BBC"/>
Users reported that they could only access Wikipedia using tools such as private [[VPN]]s.<ref name="dw1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/de/t%C3%BCrkei-blockiert-wikipedia-zugang/a-38637209|title=Türkei blockiert Wikipedia-Zugang|publisher=Deutsche Welle|language=de|date=29 April 2017|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/internet-zensur-unter-erdogan-tuerkische-regierung-blockiert-wikipedia_id_7051698.html|title=Internet-Zensur unter Erdogan: Türkei blockiert Wikipedia|work=FOCUS Online|date=29 April 2017|access-date=29 April 2017|language=de}}</ref>

==Rationale and demands==
[[Voice of America]] reported that Turkish media had explained the block was a result of "terror-related content".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/monitors-turkey-blocks-access-to-wikipedia/3830869.html|title=Monitors: Turkey Blocks Access to Wikipedia|publisher=VOA|date=29 April 2017|access-date=29 April 2017|language=en}}</ref> Referring to an email statement made by the Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ministry, Turkish News source Anadolu Agency reported that the block was due to its articles and comments describing Turkey's [[Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War|alleged involvement with terror groups]]. The ministry said, "Instead of coordinating against terrorism, it has become part of an information source which is running a smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena."<ref name="aa">{{Cite web|url=http://aa.com.tr/en/science-technology/turkey-wikipedia-blocked-for-disregarding-the-law/808072|title=Turkey: Wikipedia blocked for disregarding the law|website=Anadolu Agency|date=29 April 2017|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref>

After court objection by [[Bilgi University]] professor Yaman Akdeniz, the Ankara 2nd Civil Court of Peace said that the causes of the block were the following articles on the English Wikipedia:<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.amerikaninsesi.com/a/wikipedia-turkiye-icin-sansur-uygulayacak-mi/3836245.html|title=Wikipedia Türkiye İçin 'Sansür' Uygulayacak mı?|last=Yazıcıoğlu|first=Yıldız|work=Amerikanın Sesi|date=3 May 2017|language=tr|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref>

*{{sectionlink|State-sponsored terrorism|Turkey}}
*{{sectionlink|Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War|Turkey}}

On 11 May 2017, Turkish Transport Minister [[Ahmet Arslan (politician)|Ahmet Arslan]] cited Wikipedia's featuring "content creating a perception that Turkey is supporting terrorist organizations" as a reason for the block.<ref name=reuters1>{{cite web|title=Turkey warned Wikipedia over content, demands it open office: minister|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-internet-wikipedia-idUSKBN1870RB|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=14 May 2017|date=11 May 2017}}</ref>

According to a BBC report, the ''[[Hürriyet|Hurriyet]]'' daily newspaper said that Ankara had asked Wikipedia to remove the offending content, adding that the access ban would be lifted if Wikipedia met Turkey's demands.<ref name="BBC"/> Later in the day, the provisional "administrative measure" was replaced by a court order, issued by the Ankara 1st Criminal Court of Peace, blocking Wikipedia as a "protective measure".<ref name="tb"/>

According to a report by the Anadolu Agency, the country "has a history of demanding that international websites take such steps as having a representative office in the country, complying with principles of international law, implementing court rulings, and not being part of any smear campaign or operation in Turkey".<ref name="aa" />

On 3 May 2017, the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] submitted an objection to the block to Ankara's 1st Penal Court of Peace,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.birgun.net/haber-detay/wikipedia-takes-the-first-legal-step-against-turkey-s-ban-157904.html |title=Wikipedia takes the first legal step against Turkey's ban |website=[[Birgün]] Daily|date=3 May 2017|access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref> but it was rejected by the court on 5 May.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ensonhaber.com/wikipedia-itirazi-reddedildi.html|title=Wikipedia itirazı reddedildi|website=Ensonhaber|language=tr|date=5 May 2017|access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref> The ruling stated that the country-wide block would continue as the "offending" pages had not been removed. The head of Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority, Omer Fatih Sayan, explained: "It is not possible to open access to Wikipedia so long as the decisions are not implemented."<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/05/turkey-wikipedia-censorship/|title=Turkish court backs censorship of Wikipedia|author=LeFebvre, Rob|publisher=engadget|date=5 May 2017|accessdate=13 May 2017}}</ref> The same day, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) published the following official statement:<ref>{{cite tweet|author=BTK|user=BTKbasin|number=858628447278694401|date=5 May 2017|title=BTK official statement on twitter}}</ref>

<blockquote>
*Despite all the efforts, the content that falsely claims Turkey's support for terrorist organizations was not removed from Wikipedia.
*This content was not allowed to be edited with accurate information.
*Since Wikipedia broadcasts in [[HTTPS]] protocol, it is technically impossible to filter by individual URLs to block only relevant content.
*Therefore, the entire Wikipedia content had to be filtered.
*Wikipedia editors must do what is necessary for this and similar content.
</blockquote>

==Withdrawal of Jimmy Wales' invitation==
On 2 May 2017, [[Istanbul|Istanbul Municipality]] removed [[Jimmy Wales]], the founder of Wikipedia, from the guest list at the World Cities Expo event on [[smart cities]] to be held in the city from 15 to 18 May 2017, making the following announcement: "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was disinvited [sic] from the 'World Cities Expo Event' and the decision has been communicated to him. Respectfully announced to the public."<ref name="tpjw">{{Cite web|url=https://turkeypurge.com/turkey-disinvites-wikipedia-founder-from-istanbul-expo|title=Days after banning Wikipedia, Turkey disinvites founder from Istanbul expo|publisher=Turkey Purge|language=en-US|date=2 May 2017|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref> Wales had hoped to attend despite the Wikipedia block, commenting: "I am looking forward to the visit. Istanbul is one of my favorite cities."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/wikimedia-foundation-appeals-court-ruling-blocking-wikipedia-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=112630|title=Wikimedia Foundation appeals court ruling blocking Wikipedia in Turkey|last=Can|first=Ahmet|website=Hürriyet Daily|date=2 May 2017|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/istanbul-cancels-invite-for-wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-after-ban/a-38661600|title=Istanbul cancels invite for Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales after ban|language=en|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=2 May 2017|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>

==Reactions==
[[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|Republican People's Party]] (CHP) parliamentarians criticized the block, with [[Eren Erdem]] stating that the ban puts "Turkey in line with North Korea" and [[Barış Yarkadaş]] calling it "censorship and a violation of the right to access information".<ref name="abc1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-turkey-wikipedia-20170429-story.html|title=Access to Wikipedia blocked by government in Turkey|last=Bilginsoy|first=Zeynep|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=29 April 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> In a [[Twitter|tweet]] made on the first day of the block, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales expressed his support for those criticizing the decision as censorship, saying "Access to information is a fundamental human right. Turkish people I will always stand with you to fight for this right."<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Wales|first=Jimmy|user=jimmy_wales|number=858318136717656064|date=29 April 2017|title=Jimmy Wales' response to Wikipedia ban in Turkey}}</ref><ref name="abc1">{{Cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/access-wikipedia-blocked-turkey-47102196|title=Turkish court formally blocks access to Wikipedia|last=News|first=ABC|work=ABC News|date=29 April 2017|access-date=29 April 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name="dw1" /><ref>{{cite tweet|last=Wales|first=Jimmy|user=jimmy_wales|number=858317740616032256|date=29 April 2017|title=Jimmy Wales on Twitter}}</ref> The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, states that it is committed to keeping the site available in Turkey and pushing for a "judicial review" of the decision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/29/turkey-blocks-wikipedia/|title=Turkey blocks Wikipedia over an alleged 'smear campaign'|website=Engadget|date=29 April 2017|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Italian Wikipedia against Turkey's censorship (Screenshot 2017-05-08).jpg|thumb|[[Italian Wikipedia]] against Turkey's censorship]]
On 9 January 2018, Republican People's Party deputy [[Sezgin Tanrıkulu]] submitted a written parliamentary question regarding the block of Wikipedia, saying that it is against the Turkish constitution and European Convention on Human Right, and that "the block should be partial according to Turkish laws". Minister of transport, maritime and communication [[Ahmet Arslan (politician)|Ahmet Arslan]] denied that Wikipedia is blocked completely and he stated that the Wikipedia block is just partial due to Article 22 of the [[Constitution of Turkey]] and [[Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yeniakit.com.tr/haber/bakan-arslandan-flas-wikipedia-aciklamasi-411883.html|title=Bakan Arslan'dan flaş Wikipedia açıklaması|website=yeniakit|language=tr|access-date=2018-05-02}}</ref>

[[NDTV]] said that the move caused strong reactions on [[social media]] against the decision to deny access to "one of the world's most popular websites".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/turkish-authorities-block-access-to-wikipedia-monitor-1687466|title=Turkish Authorities Block Access To Wikipedia: Monitor|publisher=NDTV|date=29 April 2017|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref>

Six months into the block, Wikimedia Foundation Communication Director Juliet Barbara published an article about the efforts to remove the access ban.<ref>{{cite web | title = Six months later: People of Turkey still denied access to Wikipedia | url = https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/01/turkey-wikipedia-block/ | last = Barbara | first = Juliet | website = Wikimedia Vakfı | accessdate = 7 Nov 2017 | language=en-EN }}</ref>

A year and a day into the block, on 30 April 2018, [[İYİ Party]] in a reference to the [[Turkish general election, 2018]], vowed to host the "reopening of Wikipedia" with "all of Turkey's citizens" on the day after snap elections on June 24.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iyi-party-vows-to-reopen-access-to-wikipedia-if-elected-131103|title=İYİ Party vows to reopen access to Wikipedia if elected|publisher=Hurriyet Daily News|date=30 April 2018}}</ref>

[[Muharrem İnce]], [[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|CHP]]'s presidential candidate for the [[Turkish presidential election, 2018|2018 Turkish presidential election]], also vowed to reopen Wikipedia during one of his campaign speeches on 22 May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/you-will-tweet-freely-if-i-am-elected-chp-candidate-ince-132220|title=You will tweet freely if I am elected: CHP candidate İnce|website=Hürriyet Daily News|language=en|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> However, the election was won by the incumbent, [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].

==Alternative access methods==
Activists have created a [[website mirror|copy]] of Turkish Wikipedia on the [[InterPlanetary File System]] (IPFS)—a way of addressing web content which the Turkish government cannot block due to its usage of [[Decentralized computing|decentralized]] [[open-source software|open-source]] technology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Turkey Can’t Block This Copy of Wikipedia|url=http://observer.com/2017/05/turkey-wikipedia-ipfs/|publisher=Observer|accessdate=14 May 2017|date=10 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia’nın Engellenemeyen Türkçe Sürümü Yayına Girdi!|url=http://www.webtekno.com/wikipedia-nin-engellenemeyen-turkce-surumu-yayina-girdi-h28961.html|website=Webtekno|accessdate=14 May 2017|language=tr-TR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia’nın ‘Engellenemeyen Türkçe Sürümünü’ Çıkardılar!|url=https://www.entertusu.net/wikipedianin-engellenemeyen-turkce-surumunu-cikardilar-h2813|website=www.entertusu.net|accessdate=14 May 2017|language=tr-TR}}</ref> The Turkish- and English-language mirror website TurkceWiki.org, which is unaffiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation, is among several [[Wikipedia mirrors]] available to Turkish users unable to access Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pirate-wikipedia-launched-in-turkey-after-access-ban.aspx?pageID=238&nID=117695&NewsCatID=374 |title=‘Pirate’ Wikipedia launched in Turkey after access ban - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY |publisher=Hurriyetdailynews.com |date=2011-09-13 |accessdate=2017-09-13}}</ref> The mirror site, nevertheless, omitted the "offending" sections that the Turkish authorities wanted removed from Wikipedia.<ref>See [http://en.turkcewiki.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War] and [http://en.turkcewiki.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlestar.net/2017/06/mirror-websites-are-helping-turkish-users-reconnect-to-wikipedia/|title=Mirror Websites Are Helping Turkish Users Reconnect to Wikipedia|last=Geybullayeva|first=Arzu|date=29 June 2017|work=The Seattle Star|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref> To access the “mirrored” version, users type a “0” (zero) before “wikipedia” in the URL to access all Wikipedia content.<ref name=hurriyet/>

Universities in Turkey with [[eduroam]] coverage has full access{{clarify|date=October 2018}} to Wikipedia. As other Wikimedia projects aren't blocked in Turkey, Wikipedia is from some setups{{how|date=October 2018}} (e.g. Chromebook) intermittently accessible and available for article editing (which is not possible with most of VPN services) by setting the browser to use a domain name server ([[DNS]]) outside Turkey, browsing to a page of a different [[Wikimedia_movement#Projects|Wikimedia project]] and clicking the link to Wikipedia on that page.{{why|date=October 2018}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Internet|Freedom of speech|Turkey}}
*[[Censorship of Wikipedia]]
*[[Censorship in Turkey]]
**[[Internet censorship in Turkey]]
**[[Turkey's media purge after the failed July 2016 coup d'état]]
*[[List of media outlets shut down in the 2016 Turkish purges]]
*[[List of arrested journalists in Turkey]]
*[[Internet censorship circumvention]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{wikinews|Turkey blocks Wikipedia, alleging smear campaign}}
* [http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2016)011-e European Councils's Venice Commission's Opinion on Law No. 5651]
* [[wmfblog:2017/04/30/turkish-authorities-block-wikipedia/|Wikimedia Foundation urges Turkish authorities to restore access to Wikipedia]], Response by the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)
* [[meta:Response to 2017 ban in Turkey|Response to 2017 ban in Turkey]], Response by the [[Wikimedia community]] that complements the WMF response
* [[:hi:विकिपीडिया:विकिपरियोजना तुर्की 2017|Project on Hindi Wikipedia where Wiki-contributions on Turkey were made showing solidarity with Turkish Wikipedians]]
* [http://www.turkcewikipedia.org/ TurkceWikipedia.org] – A "pirate" website mirroring Wikipedia's Turkish- and English-language content

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