Apparently, there were a couple of separate issues.
The first: Turktelkom tried to censor Top/World/Kurdish - see http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=3341 (from a Kurdish POV)
The second: H. Ertas, an ethnic Turk, editor of the Turkish-language category Top/World/Türkçe/Toplum/Sorunlar/Terörizm/Terör_Örgütleri/PKK_-_KADEK who subsequently became interested in Kurdish affairs and did his own research on the subject, was arrested and sentenced to 10 months in Turkish prison and a small fine simply for editing the category - see http://kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=5840 (from a Kurdish POV)
Mark
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 22:45:49 +0100, Mathias Schindler neubau@presroi.de wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
HOWEVER, and that is a big "however", editing ku.wikipedia while in Turkey is still a possible risk: recently, a man was sent to prison just for editing the Kurdish DMOZ (Open Directory Project).
Last time I heard it, he didn't just edited with the kurdish dmoz but rather he edited the PKK-directory in dmoz.
I don't support legal action against link list editors but I don't find it so much surprising that a country isn't so relaxed with a local group that has not the best attitude towards the state. I wonder if a bask editor in spain who maintains an ETA link list will be threated nicely.
I can't find the URL right now, so please threat this email as hearsay regarding the dmoz case.
Mathias