Access to many X accounts has been blocked in Türkiye
At least 80 X accounts, including media organizations, journalists and academics, were blocked on national security grounds.
Quick Look
- At least 80 X accounts, including media organizations, journalists and academics, were blocked in Türkiye on the grounds of national security and public order.
- CHP Chairman Özgür Özel reacted to the decision and opposed censorship practices.
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Why It Matters
In Türkiye, access barriers to social media accounts on national security grounds are periodically imposed.
Access ban decisions continue to be made for broadcasters and journalists on social media.
Today (Saturday, September 26), many X accounts, including press organizations, journalists, academics and people working in the field of economy/finance, were blocked from access on the grounds of national security and protection of public order.
According to EngelWeb, at least 80 X accounts were blocked from access.
Among those whose access was blocked, Kısa Dalga, journalists Hilmi Hacaloğlu, Alptekin Dursunoğlu and Razi Canikligil, investment and finance consultant Emre Şirin, political economist İnan Mutlu, academician Prof. Dr. There are also accounts of Barış Övgün and Başaran Aksu, one of the founders of Umut-Sen.
Following the access block, the accounts, including the new accounts of investment expert Emre Şirin and Başaran Aksu, one of the founders of Umut-Sen, and Kısa Dalga's account, were made invisible by X from Türkiye.
Among the names whose access was blocked is our newspaper's writer and ENAG founder Prof. Dr. Veysel Ulusoy is also present.
REACTION FROM ÖZEL
NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel also reacted by making a statement from his account X regarding the accounts that were blocked from access.
Özel used the following statements:
"Recently, we have witnessed a large number of accounts being blocked from access on the "Your power in Turkey comes from millions of your users, not from a handful of pro-government enthusiasts, and you should not stand on the wrong side in this process. We invite you not to be part of the unfair censorship practices carried out by a party with purely political ambitions. Turkey will not be a country where a handful of people decide what we will read, what we will watch, and what ideas we will listen to. The Republic of Turkey is bigger than a political party."
Open Questions
- What is the full list of blocked accounts?
- Which court decisions provide the basis for these restrictions?
