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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Turkish President Gül steps in for ending Twitter blackout - POLITICS

Turkish President Gül steps in for ending Twitter blackout

ANKARA

President Abdullah Gül has stepped in to end the Twitter blackout, saying his office is in talks with the U.S.-based microblogging site for the establishment of a “healthy dialogue” for a quick resolution of what he described as “this bitter situation.” Gül, who was the first to break the government-imposed block on Twitter to express his disturbance through his account, suggested that the blanket shut down of websites or social media was not legal.

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