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TURKISH TRANSPORTATION MINISTER ON TAX ACCRUAL TO YOUTUBE
ANKARA (A.A) - 08.06.2010 - Turkey's transportation minister said on Tuesday that the Turkish finance ministry has accrued 30 million Turkish liras (TL) of tax to the video-sharing website "YouTube" which has been banned in Turkey for 2 years.
Replying to questions on the ban blocking access to YouTube, Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim said the ban was an issue concerning law and his ministry had no direct or indirect intervention in the matter.
Noting he held several talks with executives of the banned website, Yildirim said, "We recommend this company to object to the restriction decision at a higher court. A decision given by the jurisdiction can also be annulled via judicial bodies".
Yildirim said Turkey was a state of law, and no matter how a big company YouTube was, it should respect law and seek its rights through judicial actions.
Yildirim also said that Turkish officials asked the company's executives to open a liaison office in Turkey.
"This website's carrying out activities and generating advertising revenues in Turkey, but not making any contributions to the country disturb our tax-payer citizens a lot. The finance ministry prosecuted this company and accrued a 30 million TL tax to it although the firm is not a tax-payer," Yildirim said.
YouTube was banned upon a decision of the Ankara 1st Penal Court of Peace on May 5, 2008 on charges of opposing to the Law on Crimes Against Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey.
Replying to questions on the ban blocking access to YouTube, Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim said the ban was an issue concerning law and his ministry had no direct or indirect intervention in the matter.
Noting he held several talks with executives of the banned website, Yildirim said, "We recommend this company to object to the restriction decision at a higher court. A decision given by the jurisdiction can also be annulled via judicial bodies".
Yildirim said Turkey was a state of law, and no matter how a big company YouTube was, it should respect law and seek its rights through judicial actions.
Yildirim also said that Turkish officials asked the company's executives to open a liaison office in Turkey.
"This website's carrying out activities and generating advertising revenues in Turkey, but not making any contributions to the country disturb our tax-payer citizens a lot. The finance ministry prosecuted this company and accrued a 30 million TL tax to it although the firm is not a tax-payer," Yildirim said.
YouTube was banned upon a decision of the Ankara 1st Penal Court of Peace on May 5, 2008 on charges of opposing to the Law on Crimes Against Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey.
