Turkey blocked its citizens from accessing Instagram, citing the social media platform’s noncompliance with regulations, a decision taken after the app removed Turkish posts expressing condolences for the death of a leader of the Hamas terrorist organization.
The ban on Instagram was instituted after the platform failed to comply with the country’s local regulations, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu said in a statement. Turkey had warned Instagram, the minister said, “but since we did not find the necessary response, we imposed an access ban.”
