Turkey blocked 1,270 X accounts in one month, including journalists and Amnesty
Turkish authorities issued blocking orders for at least 1,270 X accounts in September 2026, compared with 995 for all of 2025, according to Turkish Minute; X made 1,139 of them unavailable in Turkey. Targets included journalists, academics, economists, LGBTQ+ groups and civil society organizations, among them the Evrensel newspaper, Amnesty International Turkey and the T24 news outlet. The orders followed a September 12 police operation against LGBTQ+ organizations, and the government says its measures protect children, the family and social order. Amnesty's Turkey account was withheld in Turkey under Article 8/A of Law No. 5651. Law professor Yaman Akdeniz said Article 8/A was meant for urgent cases but is increasingly used more broadly and called blocking entire accounts disproportionate.
The accounts of the Evrensel newspaper, Kısa Dalga, Amnesty International Turkey, Academics for Peace
Turkish authorities issued blocking orders for at least 1,270 X accounts in September, surpassing the 995 accounts targeted during all of 2025
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