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Twitter ban in Turkey

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發表於 2014-3-21 20:09:26 | 顯示全部樓層 |閱讀模式
21 March 2014 Last updated at 11:25

Twitter ban: Turkey's President Gul challenges PM's move



President Abdullah Gul has challenged a ban on Twitter in Turkey after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to "wipe out" the micro-blogging service.

Twitter users across the country reported that the site had been blocked on Thursday.

But like many others, President Gul evaded the ban to tweet that the "shutdown was unacceptable."

Mr Erdogan is angry that people used Twitter to spread allegations of corruption in his inner circle.

"I don't care what the international community says at all. Everyone will see the power of the Turkish Republic," Mr Erdogan said in a speech on Thursday.

“The Twitter ban in Turkey is groundless, pointless, cowardly. Turkish people and the international community will see this as censorship. It is”
Neelie Kroes
European Commission Vice President

'Not technically possible'
President Gul took to the site on Friday to say that websites should only be blocked if courts found they had violated personal privacy.

He said it was not "technically possible to totally block access to platforms used all over the world" and added that he hoped the decision would "not last long."

The European Union said it was worried about the move, with Stefan Fule, the EU commissioner for enlargement, saying he was "gravely concerned" by Prime Minister Erdogan's policy on free speech.

European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes described the blocking of the site as "groundless, pointless, cowardly."

Turkey's lawyers' association asked a court to overturn the ban, arguing it was unconstitutional and violated Turkish and European human rights laws. Turkey's main opposition party also said it would try to have the decision reversed.


Prime Minister Erdogan said he did not care what the international community would say about the ban


A map showing where tweets including #twitterisblockedinturkey was trending around the world

Those Twitter users who managed to circumvent the ban took to the service to voice anger at the move.

One user tweeting under the name @MuratYetkin2 said: "I see that everyone is here. Looks like the ban has been circumvented in less than 12 hours."

Mr Erdogan took action against Twitter after some users had posted documents reportedly showing evidence of corruption relating to his office - a claim he denies.

His spokesman said Mr Erdogan had been forced to act after the social media company had failed to respond to a court ruling in Turkey to remove some links.



Some users trying to open twitter.com were redirected to a statement by Turkey's telecommunications regulator citing a court order to apply "protection measures" on the website.

Twitter has so far made no public comment on the court order but a spokesman said it was looking into the outage. Twitter also posted a message in both English and Turkish telling users how to send tweets via text messages.

There are about 10m Twitter users across Turkey.

In 2010, the country lifted its ban on YouTube - two years after it blocked access to the website because of videos deemed insulting to the country's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
 樓主| 發表於 2014-4-3 23:49:23 | 顯示全部樓層

Officials in Turkey 'lift Twitter ban'

3 April 2014 Last updated at15:11

People across Turkey protested against the Twitter ban


The Turkish authorities have lifted a ban on Twitter following Wednesday's constitutional court ruling, officials and media reports say.

The court had told the country's telecommunication authorities the two-week-old ban must be lifted as it was a breach of freedom of expression.

It may take a couple of hours for full access to Twitter to be restored.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan had vowed to "wipe out Twitter" after users spread allegations of corruption.

Users across the country found many ways of circumventing the prohibition, which was widely criticised and ridiculed.

Access to Twitter was blocked in Turkey in the run-up to local elections, which Mr Erdogan's ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party won resoundingly.

Following the Twitter ban the government also banned access to YouTube, after a video on the website appeared to reveal top officials discussing how to stage an undercover attack inside Syria. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is heard asking about the possibility of sending tanks in.

The YouTube recording has not been verified as authentic, and Mr Erdogan alleges that such recordings are being fabricated to turn people against him.

Mr Erdogan has lashed out at social media, accusing "plotters" of leaking recordings to deliberately undermine him. A US-based Islamic cleric, Fethullah Gulen, has denied allegations that he is involved.
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