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March 21, 2014 02:23 am GMT

Twitter Blocked in Turkey as Prime Minister Pledges to 'Eradicate' It

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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

See also: 'This Is Just the Beginning': Turkish Protesters Met With Tear Gas, Water Cannons

To drive the point home, Erdoğan added: "Twitter, mwitter!" which translates — unsurprisingly — as "Twitter, schmitter!" Read more...

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