Beta testing has been formally completed for the Ruwiki, a Russian analog of the Wikipedia, the electronic encyclopedia’s press service said. "Beta testing for the platform ended on January 15; the related tag …
The launch of the Russian Znanie (Knowledge) portal, which is analogous to Wikipedia, is scheduled for the beginning of the next year. Over 100,000 articles have already been posted on this portal, Minister for Digital Development Maksut Shadaev …
Turkey's court ruled to lift a ban on Wikipedia, after a decision by the country's top court that the block breached freedom of expression. Turkish authorities had blocked the online encyclopedia on April 29, 2017, after which …
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled by majority that a government-imposed block on Wikipedia violated freedom of expression. The Wikimedia Foundation, the parent organization of the online encyclopedia, had taken the access ban to …
Wikipedia removed fabricated content falsely associating Turkey with terror groups after being blocked for almost nine months in the country, the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher said. …
The Turkish authorities may unblock online encyclopedia Wikipedia if it deletes the content portraying the country as a sponsor of terrorism and agrees to pay local taxes, Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime and …
A Turkish court rejected an appeal by the online encyclopedia Wikipedia against a government decision to block access to its website, the Anadolu news agency reported. An Ankara court rejected the appeal from the Wikimedia Foundation, …
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality withdrew an event invitation for the co-founder of the world’s largest online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, after Turkey’s telecommunications watchdog issued an access ban …
The government of Turkey is blocking access to Wikipedia under a law that allows it to restrict access to material that is considered to be a threat to national security. "After technical analysis and …
Internet users were unable to access the online encyclopedia Wikipedia in Turkey as of Saturday morning, with no official statement on why the ban had been imposed, Daily Sabah reports. A monitoring group which tracks access to websites …
