Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Wants To Ban Facebook And YouTube

Turkey Threatens to Ban Facebook and YouTube -- Time

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hints at barring users in his country from the social network and video-sharing service after controversial audio recordings, purportedly implicating him in a corruption scandal, began circulating on the sites in recent weeks

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey threatened Thursday to ban Facebook and YouTube in the country, after audio recordings purportedly implicating him in a corruption scandal circulated on the sites in recent weeks.

Speaking with Turkish broadcaster ATV late on Thursday, Erdogan said his government “will not leave this nation at the mercy of YouTube and Facebook,” Reuters reports. He said barring the sites was a possibility.

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My Comment: Even the Obama administration is beginning to realize that Erdogan is "slightly" paranoid .... Why President Obama stopped calling Turkish leader Erdogan -- Christian Science Monitor