A Turkish court has banned YouTube access after someone complained that the world's most popular video sharer was hosting clips that insulted the "country's founding father", Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, The Register reports.

In response to a Turkish resident who stumbled onto YouTube videos badmouthing not only Ataturk but President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the national army, the court has ordered the Turkish Telecommunications Board to block access to the entire site.

Much the same thing happened this past March, when a court order forced the country's largest telecommunications provider, Turk Telekom, to put the kibosh on YouTube access.

That ban lasted but two days. Turk Telecom removed a video that insulted Ataturk, whose memory is protected by Turkish law, and access to the site was soon restored. But just six months later, another blackout seems imminent.

It's not known yet whether the Turkish authorities demanded removal of the video before blocking YouTube access this time.