Twitter says it will restrict access to some tweets before Turkey election. The move comes as the country’s right-wing leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, faces a tight contest at the polls on Sunday.
Twitter is blocking some posts in Turkey ahead of the country’s high-stakes election Sunday, the American-based social media company announced Friday night.that it has “taken action to restrict access to some content in Turkey” beginning Friday but added the blocked content would remain available in the rest of the world. Twitter did not specify which tweets it would block and why it would block them.
Erdogan’s defeat would have profound consequences at home, where his leadership has been defined by personalized one-man rule, and for Turkey abroad, where the NATO member’s ties with the United States, and governments from Europe to the Middle East, have been marked by frequent episodes of crisis. Turks voting Sunday will also elect members of parliament.
If elected, Kilicdaroglu has said he would prioritize strengthening democracy while ending “authoritarian rule.” “Turkey is a country of prohibitions,” he said in an interview this week. “When we are in power, Turkey will be a country of freedom.”
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