ISTANBUL: Twitter became inaccessible on major Turkish mobile providers on Wednesday (Feb 8) as online criticism mounted of the government's response to this week's deadly earthquake. AFP reporters were unable to access the social media network across Türkiye. It still worked using VPN services that disgu
Turkish police have detained 18 people since Monday's earthquake over"provocative" social media posts that criticised how President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has been dealing with the disaster.
The 7.8-magnitude tremor and its aftershocks killed at least 11,700 people in southeastern Türkiye and parts of Syria. The disaster has already become the deadliest of Erdogan's two decades in power - a tumultuous era beset with an attempted coup and violent protests as well as a series of smaller earthquakes and floods.Turkish social media have been filled with posts by people complaining about a lack of search and rescue efforts in their provinces.
Türkiye's opposition leaders and celebrities warned that Twitter's absence threatened to disrupt rescue efforts and humanitarian relief work. "Let's stop this disgrace immediately," the secular main opposition CHP party's leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu declared.
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