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                          Turkey Blocks Twitter Access

   by VOA News

   Turkey has blocked access to the social media network Twitter as the
   government battles a corruption scandal just days ahead of local
   elections.
   Turkey's main opposition party said it will file a legal challenge
   against the court decision to block the online social networking and
   microblogging service.
   The opposition Republican Peoples's Party said it will also file a
   criminal complaint against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the
   grounds that he is violating personal freedoms.
   Erdogan said at an election rally Thursday that he would take action
   against Twitter regardless of "what the international community will
   say."
   The Turkish telecommunications authority said access would be restored
   when Twitter removes "illegal content."
   European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said Friday being
   free to communicate and freely choosing the means of communication is a
   "fundamental EU value."
   European Commission Vice President Neelie Kores criticized the Twitter
   ban an "groundless, pointless, cowardly."
   Erdogan has come under increasing pressure since audio recordings
   spread across social media that appeared to put him in the center of a
   corruption scandal.
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