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Ekşi Sözlük, one of the most popular websites in Turkey, has been banned several times since last year's earthquakes.

Most of the tweets were related to irregularity allegations against public officials and “violation of personal rights” was the most common reason, according to the Free Web Turkey report.

A group monitoring online censorship in the country reported that the website was banned for reasons related to “national security and the preservation of public order.”

The major portion of access restrictions in the past year targeted media outlets critical of the government and news related to President Erdoğan and his family, shows the Free Web Turkey report.

Those "harmful" websites are primarily identified through the filtration of various keywords, which at times results in the blocking of LGBTI+ websites.

The justification for confiscating the pens was cited as "drawing party flags and symbols."

The journalist who reported on the reassignment of a married judge and prosecutor presiding over the same case was remanded in custody. Four others, including a bianet editor, were briefly detaining for retweeting a post containing this information.

The blocked news pieces include domestic and international corruption allegations against Bilal Erdoğan and the 1998 killing of a singer, for which Burak Erdoğan stood trial.

Gıyas Güven was accused of enticing women seeking employment by promising them jobs and engaging in sexual relationships with them.

The court decision to ban the platform comes after a massive social media campaign accusing OnlyFans and its content creators of "obscenity" and "immorality."

The EngelliWeb platform has been keeping a tally of the number of banned web addresses, including news articles.

A 2007 novel by Ahmet Ümit has been deemed "obscene." The novelist criticized the decision on Twitter.