First Twitter, now YouTube: Turkey has also blocked the video platform on the Internet. Shortly before, anonymous critics of the government had published a call recording, which shows that Ankara is looking for a reason for war with Syria.

Late Thursday afternoon, the Turkish Telecommunications Authority announced that it had initiated “administrative action against YouTube”. What exactly did she mean, she left open. A few minutes later, the access to the video platform was locked. She later confirmed the blockade, it had been issued appropriate instructions to Internet providers and mobile operators.

Since last Thursday night is already the short message service Twitter in Turkey no longer accessible. As with the Twitter-blockade popular Turkish Internet users now also through social media tips and tricks on how to bypass the YouTube ban.

The Turkish government is in February under pressure because anonymous government opponents publish at irregular intervals recordings of conversations that let his team Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and just before the local elections on Sunday stand as corrupt and incompetent. Recently a video was released, after which Erdogan had commissioned, the former opposition leader Deniz Baykal during sex to film with his mistress, and to publish the material. Baykal was then forced to resign in May 2010.

The critics of the government behind which Erdogan suggested the network of his archenemy Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic preacher living in the U.S. had the videos ever uploaded to YouTube and spread the link to it via Twitter. The videos were retrieved partly a million times in Turkey.

A court in Ankara on Wednesday had judged the Twitter ban as illegal and called on the government to open up access again. But to follow rather than deciding now YouTube has been blocked. In government circles there was talk of a precaution.

Turkey New Audio Leaks:Search staged war reasons

Earlier on Thursday had been published in a new , particularly sensitive video. To hear are supposedly Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu , intelligence chief Hakan Fidan , undersecretary Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu and Vice – Chief of Army Staff Yasar Güler . The men are looking for in the conversation for a reason for a war with Syria.

For Turkey, which is since the outbreak of violence in the neighboring country on the rebel side and puts on a fall of President Bashar al -Assad , feels increasingly threatened by Syria. Since more and more extremists fighting on the side of anti-government protesters in Syria , Ankara fears a spillover of violence on Turkish territory. In the end, the rebels could be subject to and Assad stay in power . For Turkey, that would be a problem case . The country has made possible from the outset rebels to enter Syria via Turkey and given them to retreat .

It seems that the Turkish government would now prefer to intervene in the war. This suggests the call recording . The voice that is attributed Fidan explains that Turkey had no control over the Turkish- Syrian border more . One must therefore increasingly likely that in Turkey bombs explode . A voice says , we have sent a Turkish general to the jihadists . The alleged Davutoglu asked what the consequences would be to send troops to Syria. ” Would there be trouble if we send tanks to Syria ? ” He asks .

Turkey New Audio Leaks:Erdogan called publication “shameful”

Obviously, it prepares Davutoglu listeners initially uncomfortable to talk about a war with Syria. The Secretary of State shall ensure the round, Erdogan had agreed to all this. He had also asked for a meeting with President Abdullah Gul, ” because the situation does not look good .” The Syrian military is quite powerful , so you had not yet been invaded .

But then the men entertain but about how you could start a war against Syria. So they are considering , according to the recording to stage attacks on tombs worthy of protection , to have a basic attack against Syria. Alternatively, Turkish agents from Syrian soil from missiles could fire on Turkish territory.

Literally, says a man who allegedly Fidan , “If it is necessary , I can send four men to Syria and eight missiles can fire on Turkey to provide a reason for war , if necessary , an attack on the burial can take place. . ”

The Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed source from the office Erdogan , after which the conversation about Syria was reason for the YouTube ban . Finally, it were a matter of “national security ” . Thus, the government was in negotiations with YouTube and will lift the blockade as soon as the video was removed. Erdogan himself called the publication of the Mitschnittes to supporters in Diyarbakir shameful , confirming indirectly also the authenticity of the recordings. The Foreign Ministry threatened those responsible with ” severe punishment ” . “This is a declaration of war against the Turkish Republic ,” Davutoglu said.

The prime minister is threatening a military strike against Syria for weeks. However, the consent of the Turkish population is low. Just this weekend the Turkish Air Force had shot down a Syrian fighter jet .

If the conversation actually took place – and there is much talk – that would be an indictment of the Turkish government . It would be a proof that it has failed in its foreign policy. This is the impression she wants to avoid just before the elections necessarily . The YouTube ban prevents millions watch the video . But written minutes of the conversation long circulating on the Internet.

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