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		</div><p>The highest court in Turkey has said a two-year ban imposed by the government on Wikipedia constitutes a violation of freedom of expression, it has been reported.</p>
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<p>Turkey blocked the online encyclopedia in April 2017, accusing it of being part of a “smear campaign” against the country.</p>
<p>This followed the website’s refusal to remove content that allegedly portrayed Turkey as supporting Islamic State and other terrorist organisations.</p>
<figure id="attachment_146838" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-146838" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-146838" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ED9EFE5F-411E-470D-BECB-30103E3D856F.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="377" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-146838" class="wp-caption-text">Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan</figcaption></figure>
<p>Access to Wikipedia and all its language editions was blocked under a law that allows the government to ban websites it deems pose a national security threat.</p>
<p>Wikipedia declined to remove content from the community-generated site, citing its opposition to censorship.</p>
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<p>It petitioned the Constitutional Court in May 2017 after talks with Turkish officials and a challenge in lower courts failed.</p>
<p>The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that the Constitutional Court had decided the ban amounted to a violation of freedom of expression. The justices voted 10-6 in favour of Wikipedia, the agency said.</p>
<p>There was no immediate comment from the government and it was not immediately clear when access to the website would be restored.</p>
<p>Many Turkish people have found ways to circumvent the ban on Wikipedia and other blocked websites.</p>
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