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YouTube ban violates rights: Turkish high court

May 29, 2014 08:41 pm | Updated 08:41 pm IST - ANKARA

Turkey’s highest court has ruled that the country’s ban on YouTube violates the freedom of expression.

The state-run Anadolu Agency said the Constitutional Court would notify authorities of its decision and order that access to the video sharing website be restored.

The ruling is a setback for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had advocated the ban of YouTube.

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