This morning I received an email from a correspondent in Turkey. He reports,
A Turkish court suspended access to your site. For some reason the Turkish state is blocking your site. Here is the message I get when I type the web site: Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/195 of the Turkish Republic Fatih 2nd. Civil Court of First Instance. (“Bu siteye erişim mahkeme kararıyla engellenmiştir. T.C. Fatih 2.Asliye Hukuk Mahkemesi 2007/195 Nolu Kararı gereği bu siteye erişim engellenmiştir.)
I’m not sure what I can do about it. I suppose it’s a badge of honor. It’s bizarre. The blog of a minor American cleric threatens the Turkish Republic? The Turkish Republic must be tottering.
WWAD? Would Would Attaturk Do? I doubt he would be banning blogs.
R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.
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Hi Jody,
This is helpful. I wondered if this was the case. It makes more sense — in a twisted sort of way.
Thanks for stopping by.
sorry, I should have said “wordpress wouldn’t censor him” and remove his site. Nice blog by the way.
It’s not just your site that is banned in Turkey but any site hosted by WordPress.com… There was/is a critic of the Turkish government who blogs on WordPress.com and because wordpress wouldn’t censure him, the Turkish court banned the whole domain.
I was expecting you to be banned in Moscow not Istanbul 😉
Strange Indeed.
Wow, paranoia is setting in the land of gobble.
Paul might appeal to his Roman citizenship. Guess that doesn’t help you, being un-Turkish and all. Looks like you’re stuck with a theology of the Cross…again.
Crazy! What exactly are they citing as the reason(s) for the ban???
Correction “weather”
Aside from the bizarre whether that we had on Thursday down here in San Diego, that is the most peculiar thing I have heard all week.