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Turkey Bans Some Google Services
It wasn't immediately clear what was behind the decision. A statement put out by the Turkish agency did not explain whether the ban was temporary or permanent. The ban began on June 4.
Google told The Register that it thought the services were banned accidentally and that its representatives had been in touch with the Turkish government to resolve the dispute.
"The difficulty accessing some Google services in Turkey appears to be linked to the ongoing ban on YouTube," Google said in a statement. "We are working to get our services back up as soon as possible."
Access to YouTube was banned by Turkey in May 2008 after defamatory videos about the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk got uploaded to the service.
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