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Turkey Twitter ban ‘draconian’

Twitter has been blocked in Turkey, after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened to “wipe out� the service. Users had been posting links to audio implicating him in a corruption scandal – he denies any involvement. Dr Aykan Erdemir is an MP from Republican People's Party (CHP), the largest opposition party in Turkey.

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