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By the end of last year, 408,494 websites, 7,000 Twitter accounts, 40,000 tweets, 10,000 YouTube videos and 6,200 Facebook posts were legally blocked in the country, according to a report by the Istanbul-based Freedom of Expression Association.

www.independent.co.uk/voices/president-erdogan-turkey-social-media-twitter-youtube-netflix-internet-a9637446.html

Turkey is already the country that issues the most requests to have Twitter content removed, and more than 408,000 websites are blocked in the country, according to the Turkish Freedom of Expression Association.

www.dw.com/en/turkey-tightens-control-on-social-media-with-new-law/a-54360493

Turkish authorities have blocked over 245,000 websites, according to the Istanbul Freedom of Expression association, making Turkey one of the world’s most restrictive countries for the internet. Twitter and YouTube have been temporarily blocked, while Wikipedia has been banned since 2017.

www.voanews.com/middle-east/turkeys-new-internet-regulations-spark-fears-new-wave-censorship