ISTANBUL: Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority blocked access to Wikipedia at 8 AM local time on Saturday 29 April and all language editions of the site appear to be affected while restrictions are in place with multiple service providers.

This decision will likely be followed by a full court order in the coming days.The ICTA portal reported:

The ICTA portal reported:

After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the Law Nr. 5651, ADMINISTRATION MEASURE has been taken for this website (wikipedia.org) according to Decision Nr. 490.05.01.2017.-182198 dated 29/04/2017 implemented by Information and Communication Technologies Authority.Certain subdomains remained partially available.

Certain subdomains remained partially available.