An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 14, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- April 12, 2024
- April 11, 2024
- April 10, 2024
- April 9, 2024
- April 8, 2024
March 21, 2014 02:23 am GMT
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/q1xSz7kfCOk/
Twitter Blocked in Turkey as Prime Minister Pledges to 'Eradicate' It
There's electioneering, and then there's what Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan just said Thursday on the campaign trail
"We will eradicate Twitter," Erdoğan told a rally in Bursa in the west of the country. "I don’t care what the international community says. Everyone will witness the power of the Turkish Republic." There are roughly 10 million Twitter users based in Turkey
To drive the point home, Erdoğan added: "Twitter, mwitter!" which translates — unsurprisingly — as "Twitter, schmitter!" Read more...
More about Twitter, Turkey, Us World, and WorldOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/q1xSz7kfCOk/
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Mashable
Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.More About this Source Visit Mashable