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Twitter blocked, Turkish users say

The US Department of State is "very concerned by any suggestion that social media sites could be shut down.”
A protester uses her mobile phone during a demonstration at Taksim Square in Istanbul June 8, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party on Saturday ruled out early elections as thousands of anti-government demonstrators defied his call for an immediate end to protests. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX10GYJ

Twitter appeared to be abruptly blocked for many users in Turkey Thursday, March 20, after the Turkish Prime Minister’s office announced that the social media microblogging site would be banned in Turkey.

"In the ongoing situation, Twitter has remained indifferent to remove certain links despite court orders favoring the citizens of the Turkish Republic,” a statement from the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office, published by Sabah and translated by Al-Monitor’s Tulin Daloglu, said.

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