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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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Top Court Overturns Law Tightening Turkey's Internet Controls
The law, approved by Turkish President Erdogan in September, had allowed telecom authority TIB to block websites without a court order.
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Laughing Controversy No Joke for Anti-Erdogan Turks
Protests last year against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have died down, but a top minister's comment that women should not laugh loudly in public has become a new rallying cause for secular Turks angered by his pro-Islamic rule.
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Turkish Telecoms Watchdog Says Waiting on Ruling to Unblock YouTube
Turkish telecoms watchdog BTK said on Friday it had not yet received a ruling by Turkey's top court ordering the removal of a two-month block on video-sharing website YouTube.
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Twitter blocks two accounts on its Turkish network
Twitter blocked two accounts on Sunday that had been used to spread corruption allegations against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his government and his inner circle.
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Twitter executives meet Turkish officials amid free speech row
Twitter executives met Turkish government officials for talks Monday amid accusations of tax evasion by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a row over content on the social media site.
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Turkey accuses Twitter of 'tax evasion', calls for local office
Turkey urged executives from Twitter to open an office and start paying Turkish tax on Monday in the first direct talks since a two-week ban imposed on the site as the government battled a corruption scandal.
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Turkish court orders halt to Twitter ban: report
Turkey's Dogan news agency and other media say a court has issued a temporary injunction ordering the telecommunications authority to restore access to Twitter, five days after the government blocked the social network.
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Turkish watchdog says Twitter blocked by courts after complaints
Turkish telecoms watchdog BTK said on Friday that Twitter had been blocked by the courts after complaints were made by citizens that the social media platform was breaching privacy.
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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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Top Court Overturns Law Tightening Turkey's Internet Controls
The law, approved by Turkish President Erdogan in September, had allowed telecom authority TIB to block websites without a court order.
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Laughing Controversy No Joke for Anti-Erdogan Turks
Protests last year against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have died down, but a top minister's comment that women should not laugh loudly in public has become a new rallying cause for secular Turks angered by his pro-Islamic rule.
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Turkish Telecoms Watchdog Says Waiting on Ruling to Unblock YouTube
Turkish telecoms watchdog BTK said on Friday it had not yet received a ruling by Turkey's top court ordering the removal of a two-month block on video-sharing website YouTube.
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Twitter blocks two accounts on its Turkish network
Twitter blocked two accounts on Sunday that had been used to spread corruption allegations against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his government and his inner circle.
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Twitter executives meet Turkish officials amid free speech row
Twitter executives met Turkish government officials for talks Monday amid accusations of tax evasion by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a row over content on the social media site.
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Turkey accuses Twitter of 'tax evasion', calls for local office
Turkey urged executives from Twitter to open an office and start paying Turkish tax on Monday in the first direct talks since a two-week ban imposed on the site as the government battled a corruption scandal.
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Turkish court orders halt to Twitter ban: report
Turkey's Dogan news agency and other media say a court has issued a temporary injunction ordering the telecommunications authority to restore access to Twitter, five days after the government blocked the social network.
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Turkish watchdog says Twitter blocked by courts after complaints
Turkish telecoms watchdog BTK said on Friday that Twitter had been blocked by the courts after complaints were made by citizens that the social media platform was breaching privacy.
