On Friday, A Turkish court have declared that the country's government ban on YouTube was a violation of human rights. CNET said that the Google's popular video-sharing site had been fully blocked in Turkey for over a week following several audio leaks that implicate Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration, allies and families on illicit activities as a graft probe is currently being undertaken. However, the court resolved to lift most of the restrictions against YouTube site.
CNET said that the video content in question was an audio recording of conversations between military officials and the government of Turkey over security issues in Syria. The audio recording purportedly revealed how they will justify air strikes against the country. Citing a report by Turkey's state-run agency Anadolu, a foreign minister of Turkey has dubbed the recording as a manipulated propaganda and is a first-degree threat to Turkey's national security.
On the other hand, Erdogan is not happy with the partial lifting of the YouTube ba. Reuters quoted the Turkish prime minister who is en route to a trip to Azerbaijan, "We complied with the ruling but I do not respect it. It should have been rejected on procedural grounds."
CNET said that YouTube is not the only social media site that was banned in Turkey. On March 20, the government of Turkey has banned Twitter as Erdogan promised. The prime minister, who is a fervent critic of social media, has threatened to wipe out the microblogging site following a barrage of news, videos and images posted about his administration's purported indiscretions on Twitter. One of the Twitter posts that greatly ired Erdogan was recorded conversations of him and his son on how they could hide vast huge amounts of money. According to Erdogan, the recordings are not authentic and has vowed to seek legal action against the online attack.
CNET said that the constitutional court of Turkey has since ordered the ban on Twitter and said that the ban was a violation of individual rights and free speech. The ban on Twitter then before the ruling had been going on for two weeks.
