Turkish court rejects appeal against Wikipedia ban

‘A Turkish court has rejected an appeal by the Wikimedia Foundation against a ruling delivered last week to block all access inside Turkey to the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, the first magistrates court in Ankara on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the foundation, which runs Wikipedia, among other sites.
On May 1, a court in Ankara backed the April 29 ban imposed by Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK).
The block was reportedly imposed following Wikipedia’s failure to respond to repeated requests by Turkey to remove content accusing Ankara of cooperation with several terrorist groups.’
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