AP

March 14, 2008 — ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey blocked access to YouTube yesterday in response to a video clip deemed insulting to the country’s founder.

The state-run Anatolia news agency said an Ankara court had ordered the ban at the request of a prosecutor who argued that the Internet clip dissed Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who died seven decades ago.

Under Turkish law, it is a crime to insult Ataturk.

It was not clear how long the ban would last.

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