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166 websites including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have been blocked in Turkey on the grounds that they have published the photos of Mehmet Selim Kiraz during Istanbul Courthouse hostage crisis.

Twitter officials Crowell, McSweeney and Nieto are currently visiting Turkey. The company reportedly declined the government’s demand to open an office in Turkey.

While Turkish authorities lifted the twitter ban in Turkey, the situation of YouTube ban remained unclear as telecommunication authorities and courts made incompatible statements regarding the reason behind it.

PEN’s 64 leading writers from Turkey and around expressed their concern regarding the Twitter and YouTube ban in Turkey, calling for access to be restored immediately.

Turkey's Telecommunication Authorities (TİB) blocked the access to YouTube.

TGC sued for the suspension of Turkey’s information and communication authorities for the ruling on the twitter ban.

Various artists protested the twitter ban in Turkey with their drawings.

Only few hours after PM Erdoğan’s words “We will root out twitter in Turkey” in an election rally in Bursa province, authorities shut down the access to twitter via default DNS in Turkey.