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The X account of former Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been withheld in Türkiye as of Wednesday.
Users in Türkiye attempting to access Imamoglu’s account are met with an “Access Denied” message stating: “@ekrem_imamoglu has been withheld in TR in response to a legal demand.”
The restriction follows a court order that was conveyed to the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) and the social media platform X. The court justified the decision by claiming that Imamoglu was allegedly sending instructions from prison.
Ekrem Imamoglu, a senior figure from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), was arrested in March as part of a corruption investigation into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
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