Twitter blocked in Turkey

Turkish authorities blocked throughout the country access to the Twitter microblog network. This happened after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to eradicate social networks.

He noted that the authorities are based on the appropriate court decision, and the opinion of the international community should not pay much attention, Kommersant reports.

“We will eradicate Twitter . Everyone will witness the forces of the Turkish Republic, ”Erdogan said at a rally evening on Thursday, March 20. - There are a number of new measures that will be taken after the municipal elections on March 30. They include, in particular, a ban on access to YouTube and Facebook . ”

A few hours after this performance, the Turkish telecommunication regulator BTK blocked access to the Twitter network.

The Turkish opposition widely uses Twitter and Facebook to coordinate anti -government performances, and YouTube recently posted Erdogan’s conversation with his son, which spoke of a multimillion -dollar bribe.

In early February, in several areas of Istanbul, large -scale anti -government actions broke out, the reason for which was the bill adopted by the Parliament to strengthen control over the Internet. The document gives the authorities the right to close access to any site without sanction. Experts are convinced: Turkish President Abdullah Gul will go to the end and sign a draft scandalous law.