Why The Access To Popular Facebook Games is Blocked in Turkey?
8 Comments by Hasan Başusta on October 4, 2009
On October 3, 2009, Zynga.com, owner company of the most popular Facebook games such as Farmville, Mafia Wars, Yoville, Zynga (Texas Hold’em) Poker, Blackjack …), was blocked in Turkey. To date, we have not posted any entries until we have the facts and details concerning this incident. Meanwhile, we have taken a screenshot of the screen [...]
Last.Fm and MySpace Banned in Turkey
23 Comments by Arda Kutsal on September 19, 2009
Access to MySpace and Last.fm is banned by Turkish court. We are currently not fully informed about the reason of the ban, but it may be due to music copyright violations. And again, this ban may be a consequence of a case filed by Turkish Union of Music Producers (MÜYAP) in order to protect music rights. Turkish [...]