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A true electronic barricade was erected in Turkey. It has blocked 3700 sites for political reasons, this action is condemned by the OSCE representatives, who demand reform of legislation on freedom of expression, according to international media. Milos Haraszti, OSCE representative on freedom of expression issues, has asked the Turkish government blocking by several thousand sites “for political and arbitrary. He warned that Turkish law on the Internet do not protect freedom of expression in the country, for which should be changed. Some sites are blocked by the Turkish authorities YouTube, GeoCities and some Google pages. Haraszti said that Turkish law has failed to protect freedom of expression, journalists continuing to criminal penalties and liable to be sentenced to prison for their initiatives. The first alarm related to the infringement of press freedom in Turkey was shot when the Dogan Media Trust penalized with a fine of 3.3 billion dollars, to compel the company to submit to laws that limit the right of Turkish firms have foreign employers.