Turkish president denounces government ban on Twitter

“It isn't wrongfully potential to clean up the net and such platforms (as Twitter),” Abdullah Gul told reporters in Ankara before deed for a politician visit to European country.“I believe this downside are going to be over shortly,” he said.

“This is after all AN unpleasant state of affairs for such a developed country as Turkey, that has weight within the region and that is negotiating with the eu Union. Therefore, it'll be overcome shortly.”

The president conjointly confirmed that the US-based social media large had employed a attorney in Turkey for negotiations with the authorities.“Twitter failed to have any representative in Turkey. There ought to be smart communication channels with such… giants. They currently have a attorney here acting for them,” he said.

Gul, a frequent social media user, took to Twitter on weekday to denounce the government’s ban hours once the network went dark, changing into the highest-level leader within the country to bypass the block, beside some ministers.The Twitter ban was instituted late Th once Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vulnerable to “wipe out” the social network Gul, World Health Organization hails from Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), has emerged as a a lot of conciliatory leader than the Turkish premier, World Health Organization has been in power since 2003.

But he conjointly Drew criticism last month for language a polemic AKP-sponsored law to tighten government management over the net.Government officials aforesaid authorities blocked access to Twitter as a result of the service unheeded “hundreds of court orders” to get rid of some links deemed illegal .Critics but claim it had been an endeavor to hush up corruption allegations ensnaring Erdogan and his allies prior key native elections on March thirty.

Audio tapes allegedly portrayal Erdogan concerned in huge corruption have flooded social media networks together with Twitter nearly daily.Erdogan has unemployed most of the audio recordings as a “vile montage” place along by his political rivals.The president aforesaid Sunday that his telephones may also are broached, however that he had “nothing to stress about”.