YouTube banned in Turkey: Ankara court satisfies opposition leader's claim

Turkey's telecommunications authority will again block access to YouTube unless the video-sharing site removes a sex video of a former opposition party leader, Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday.

The threat of a new ban comes just three days after Turkey had ended a more than two-year ban on YouTube.

The Anatolia news agency said a court, considering a complaint by lawyers representing former opposition party leader Deniz Baykal, ruled that YouTube must be blocked and notified the telecommunications authority of its decision on Tuesday.

Telecommunications officials will now either ask YouTube to remove the video or block access to the site, the agency said.

Access to YouTube had been blocked in Turkey since May 2008 because of videos deemed insulting to the country's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Turkey restored access on Saturday, after the offending videos were removed.

Former opposition leader Baykal resigned in May after the video allegedly showing him having an affair with his aide appeared on the Internet.