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Turkey calls Syria security leak 'villainous,' blocks YouTube

By Nick Tattersall

Friday, 28 Mar 2014 | 6:10 AM MYT

YouTube logos displayed on a laptop screen partially covered with Turkey's national flag in this photo illustration taken in Ankara March 27, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday denounced as "villainous" the leaking of a recording of top security officials discussing possible military action in Syria to the video-sharing site YouTube.

Turkish authorities ordered the shutdown of the site.

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