Number of Youtube visitors doubles after Turkish PM's remarks

Number of Youtube visitors doubles after Turkish PM's remarks

The number of visitors to YouTube from Turkey, increased two-fold after the country’s prime minister said he has been frequenting the video-sharing website, despite the ban implemented by courts for almost a year.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said last month that he has been accessing YouTube, and confessed that he watched a video of the ceremony, in which veiled women became the members of the main opposition party, CHP, posted on the site

YouTube jumped to the ninth place, up from the fourteenth, as the most visited website in Turkey after Erdogan remarks.

At the time, Erdogan had urged reporters that they too should watch videos on the banned website.

Two courts ordered ban on YouTube in response to videos that it deemed insulting to Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Under Turkish law, it is crime to insult Ataturk.

Experts say there are many ways to access YouTube despite the ban; however they remind that all of these methods are illegal.
Hurriyet