Turkish government 'blocks Twitter and Facebook' as part of alleged media ban following Ankara blast

[Little Tich]

Source: The Independent

The alleged move comes just a week after the state take-over of the Zaman newspaper

The Turkish authorities have reportedly imposed media restrictions and residents are describing limited access to social media in the aftermath of an explosion in the capital, Ankara.

Some broadcast media were reportedly subject to a ban on covering aspects of the explosion, suspected to be a car bomb.

Analysts also said that access to social media was "extremely slow or blocked after the explosion."

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ankara-explosion-turkey-twitter-facebook-ban-a6929136.html

[Renew Deal]

1. Reichstag Fire

Erdogan is not our friend.

[forest444]

2. Bingo (in Turkish).

The phone lines mysteriously went dead in Washington D.C. the day Kennedy was assassinated,

And many remember, of course, that the internet was out all day across the country on 911.

First impressions are critical after a massive news story, particularly of the tragic kind.

[Democat]

3. The internet was out on 9/11?

Is that sarcasm?

[Codeine]

5. I had uninterrupted internet access

for the entire day on 9/11. Let us not rewrite history.

[B2G]

6. I guess the east and west coasts aren't a part of the country. nt

[Bradical79]

4. I'm not one to believe false flag accusations

But Erdogan seems to be going out of his way to make one suspicious of such an action. At the very least he seems to be using it as a convenient tragedy.