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Turkey's president: PM's Twitter ban 'unacceptable'

Turkey's president has criticised the ban on Twitter imposed by the country's prime minister - in a tweet. Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to "eradicate" the social media network, which was used to spread corruption allegations.

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Turkey 'no current plans to block other social media'

Turkey has no current plans to block access to other social media platforms such as Facebook, after its clampdown on Twitter, a senior official told Reuters.

The path was taken to block access within the framework of a court decision because of the failure to overcome the problem with the management of Twitter.

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