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2. Authorities ask X to block accounts as tens of thousands take to streets

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Tue Mar 25, 2025, 07:28 PM

Mar 2025

Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul
Mon 24 Mar 2025 13.04 EDT

Turkish authorities have arrested more than 1,100 people including journalists, while bombarding the social media platform X with requests to block hundreds of accounts after tens of thousands took to the streets in the largest anti-government protests in years.

One journalist was detained while covering demonstrations that took place outside Istanbul city hall, while nine others were detained in dawn raids ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/24/journalists-among-more-than-1100-arrested-in-turkey-crackdown-istanbul

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