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Twitter Down In Turkey As Earthquake Response Criticism Mounts
Twitter became inaccessible on major Turkish mobile providers on Wednesday as online criticism mounted of the government's response to this week's deadly earthquake.
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Turkey Fines Twitter for Failure to Remove 'Terrorist Propaganda': Official
Turkey's communications technologies authority, the BTK, has fined micro blogging site Twitter 150,000 lira ($51,000.) for not removing content it says is "terrorist propaganda", a BTK official told Reuters on Friday.
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Turkey Briefly Blocks Access to Twitter Over Bombing Images
A government official said Turkey had asked Twitter to remove 107 URLs with images of the bombing's aftermath.
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Turkey Blocks Access to Pro-Islamic State Websites in Crackdown
A senior government official said the website restrictions were an "important part" of efforts to crack down on IS recruitment networks.
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Turkey Lifts Ban on Twitter After it Removes Photos of Murdered Prosecutor
Turkey on Monday blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the publication of images of a Turkish prosecutor killed by leftist militants during a hostage standoff last week.
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Turkey Tightens Internet Controls, Weeks Into New Government
The move comes on top of legislation passed in February that made it easier for the authorities to block access to Web pages without a prior court order.
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Turkish Telecoms Watchdog Says Waiting on Ruling to Unblock YouTube
Despite the court ruling the video-sharing site remained inaccessible to most Turks.
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Turkey Sentences Twitter User to Jail for Blasphemy: Report
A Turkish court on Thursday handed a 15-month jail term to a teacher over Twitter posts deemed religiously offensive, local media reported on Thursday.
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Twitter Will Set Up Live Support, Be More Sensitive of Court Orders: Turkey
A Turkish government official detailed the results of talks held with Twitter on Wednesday, also specifying the firm will open a customer support service in Turkish.
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Twitter rules out Turkey office amid tax row
The Twitter delegation was in Turkey to ease tensions after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the firm of tax evasion and blocked it.
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Turkey says Twitter agrees to close some accounts
A Turkish official also added that Twitter for now will not be opening a local office in Turkey.
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Turkey accuses Twitter of tax evasion, urges firm to open local office
The statement was made on Monday in the first direct talks since a two-week ban imposed on the site.
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Turkey PM threatens to 'go after' Twitter for tax evasion
Turkey's prime minister said Saturday he will "go after" Twitter, accusing the site of tax-evasion, after it was used to spread damaging leaks implicating his inner circle in corruption scandals.
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Turkey keeps YouTube block despite court rulings
Authorities imposed the ban on Google's video-sharing site on March 27 in the build-up to local elections, after weeks of leaked wiretaps.
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Turkey PM criticises court ruling lifting Twitter ban
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticised a Constitutional Court ruling that lifted his government's March 20 ban on Twitter.
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Twitter Down In Turkey As Earthquake Response Criticism Mounts
Twitter became inaccessible on major Turkish mobile providers on Wednesday as online criticism mounted of the government's response to this week's deadly earthquake.
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Turkey Fines Twitter for Failure to Remove 'Terrorist Propaganda': Official
Turkey's communications technologies authority, the BTK, has fined micro blogging site Twitter 150,000 lira ($51,000.) for not removing content it says is "terrorist propaganda", a BTK official told Reuters on Friday.
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Turkey Briefly Blocks Access to Twitter Over Bombing Images
A government official said Turkey had asked Twitter to remove 107 URLs with images of the bombing's aftermath.
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Turkey Blocks Access to Pro-Islamic State Websites in Crackdown
A senior government official said the website restrictions were an "important part" of efforts to crack down on IS recruitment networks.
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Turkey Lifts Ban on Twitter After it Removes Photos of Murdered Prosecutor
Turkey on Monday blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the publication of images of a Turkish prosecutor killed by leftist militants during a hostage standoff last week.
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Turkey Tightens Internet Controls, Weeks Into New Government
The move comes on top of legislation passed in February that made it easier for the authorities to block access to Web pages without a prior court order.
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Turkish Telecoms Watchdog Says Waiting on Ruling to Unblock YouTube
Despite the court ruling the video-sharing site remained inaccessible to most Turks.
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Turkey Sentences Twitter User to Jail for Blasphemy: Report
A Turkish court on Thursday handed a 15-month jail term to a teacher over Twitter posts deemed religiously offensive, local media reported on Thursday.
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Twitter Will Set Up Live Support, Be More Sensitive of Court Orders: Turkey
A Turkish government official detailed the results of talks held with Twitter on Wednesday, also specifying the firm will open a customer support service in Turkish.
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Twitter rules out Turkey office amid tax row
The Twitter delegation was in Turkey to ease tensions after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the firm of tax evasion and blocked it.
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Turkey says Twitter agrees to close some accounts
A Turkish official also added that Twitter for now will not be opening a local office in Turkey.
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Turkey accuses Twitter of tax evasion, urges firm to open local office
The statement was made on Monday in the first direct talks since a two-week ban imposed on the site.
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Turkey PM threatens to 'go after' Twitter for tax evasion
Turkey's prime minister said Saturday he will "go after" Twitter, accusing the site of tax-evasion, after it was used to spread damaging leaks implicating his inner circle in corruption scandals.
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Turkey keeps YouTube block despite court rulings
Authorities imposed the ban on Google's video-sharing site on March 27 in the build-up to local elections, after weeks of leaked wiretaps.
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Turkey PM criticises court ruling lifting Twitter ban
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticised a Constitutional Court ruling that lifted his government's March 20 ban on Twitter.
