ANKARA – The Turkish Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that blocking access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia within Turkey is a violation of freedom of expression, a lawyer representing the organization and various media reports said.
The ruling opens the way for lifting the block on the website, which has been in place since 2017 due to entries that accused Turkey of having links to terrorist organizations.
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