A Turkish court Wednesday overturned a ban on the popular social networking site Twitter that had been imposed after audio recordings spread via the social media site implicated Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a corruption scandal.
The Ankara administrative court ruled that the ban restricted freedom of expression, after the Turkish Bar Association put up a legal challenge against the government’s move, saying it was without legal grounds and an arbitrary decision.
Early this month, Erdogan warned that his government could also ban YouTube and Facebook