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Twitter blocks two accounts on its Turkish network
http://www.afp.com/en/news/twitter-blocks-two-accounts-its-turkish-network
Twitter blocks two accounts on its Turkish network
20 Apr 2014
Twitter blocked two accounts on Sunday that had been used to spread corruption allegations against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his government and his inner circle.
The move came after high-level meetings between the government and executives from the company last week, and after the Turkish government provoked a storm in March by trying to ban the network entirely.
The two accounts blocked on Sunday -- @Haramzadeler333 and @Bascalan -- leaked large amounts of secret documents and recorded phone conversations implicating Erdogan, his family and associates in a wide-ranging corruption scandal.
Between them, @Haramzadeler333 (which translates as "Sons of Thieves"
and @Bascalan (which means "Prime Thief", a play on the Turkish for prime minister) had close to one million followers on Twitter.