Anonymous hacks Turkish PM website: Claim

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The global hacking collective Anonymous hacked the Turkish Prime Ministry's webpage today, according to claims on ehackingnews The website "www.basbakanlik.gov.tr" cannot currently be opened.Anonymous launched the operation #OpTurkey on June 2, conducting a series of attacks in response to the government’s heavy-handed response to the Taksim Gezi Park protests in Istanbul and around the country.The group managed to take down access to the Official Gazette and other sites with a hacking attempt late on June 2. The website of private channel NTV, which has come in for stiff criticism for failing to adequately cover the events, was also subjected to an Anonymous attack early June 3.