Turkeys highest court has deemed the recent banning of YouTube a violation of people’s freedom of expression.<br /><br />The verdict is a blow for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who advocated shutting down the site, on grounds of national security.<br /><br />The video sharing platform drew the ire of the government after a controversial leaked conversation claimed to be of a government security meeting was posted online.<br /><br />The recording appeared to show senior officials discussing a possible military intervention in Syria.<br /><br />Last month the country’s high court issued a similar ruling in response to Twitter being shut down.
