Turkey to Unblock Twitter After Free-Speech Ruling
 

Turkey to Unblock Twitter After Free-Speech Ruling
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Turkish officials an**unced that the country will lift the ban on Twitter on Thursday, according to news reports.

As of publishing time, Twitter still inaccessible in the country, but officials said they will unblock it "soon," according to a tweet by The Wall Street Journal's Istanbul bureau chief. The an**uncement comes the day after the country's highest court ruled that the Twitter ban was illegal, ordering the government to immediately unblock it

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The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the ban violates the free speech rights protected by Turkish constitution and is "illegal, arbitrary and seriously restricting the right to obtain information," according to news reports. Read more...

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