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On August 2, 2024, Turkey’s national communications authority, BTK, announced a blanket block on Instagram, sparking confusion and backlash. The decision, which was revealed in a brief statement on the BTK website, did not provide specific reasons or an estimated duration for the block.
This move follows recent criticisms from Turkish officials directed at Meta-owned Instagram. Fahrettin Altun, the Turkish presidency’s communications director, accused Instagram of obstructing messages of condolence related to the death of Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Hamas, in an attack allegedly orchestrated by Israel. Altun’s remarks on X (formerly Twitter) framed the platform’s actions as “an obvious attempt at censure.”
Instagram has a significant user base in Turkey, with over 50 million registered accounts in a country of 85 million people. The block has led to widespread user frustration and mockery on other social media platforms. Users on X have expressed their discontent with memes and posts, highlighting the disruption caused by the ban.
This is not the first instance of Turkey blocking access to social media platforms. In the past, Wikipedia was inaccessible from April 2017 to January 2020 over allegations that it contained articles linking the presidency to extremism. More recently, in April 2024, Meta’s Threads social network was suspended in Turkey following regulatory decisions aimed at limiting its integration with Instagram.
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