Ban on Wikipedia leaves Turks fretting as censorship intensifies under Erdogan

Istanbul

BARIS Dede, a game design student, had a question: how easily did Viking longboats glide through the water? Dilara Diner, a psychologist, wanted to double-check a symptom of hysteria.

But these Turks were not able to quickly find out what they wanted. Since late April, the Turkish government has blocked one of the world's go-to sources of online information, Wikipedia.