Turkey blocks 6,644 social‑media accounts for terrorism and disinformation
In a coordinated operation led by the Presidency Communication Presidency together with the Police Cyber Crime Department, public prosecutors and the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), Turkish authorities imposed access bans on 6,644 social‑media accounts over the previous seven months. Technical examinations, digital‑network analysis and forensic procedures identified 3,679 accounts linked to the FETÖ movement or its affiliates, and another 2,965 accounts that promoted terrorism, spread false information or carried out psychological‑war activities against Turkey.
The platform receiving the most bans was X (formerly Twitter); the following platforms, in descending order, were Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify. The coordination mechanism monitored trend‑topic lists, hashtag campaigns, coordinated sharing networks and bot activity in real time, and applied legal and administrative measures to close the accounts. Officials said the effort shows that digital platforms are now a field of national‑security concern, not merely a communications tool.
Entities: FETÖ · FETÖ (Fethullah Terrorist Organization) · Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) · Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) · Police Cyber Crime Department · Police Cyber Crime Division (Turkey) · Presidency Communication Department (Turkey) · Presidency Communication Presidency (Turkey) · X (formerly Twitter)
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- [● 13 SOURCES] 2,965 blocked accounts were found to promote terrorism, spread disinformation, or conduct psychological operations against Turkey. (official operation summary)
- [● 13 SOURCES] 3,679 of the blocked accounts were linked to the FETÖ movement or its affiliated structures. (official operation summary)
- [● 13 SOURCES] Turkish authorities imposed access bans on 6,644 social‑media accounts over the past seven months. (official operation summary)
- [● 13 SOURCES] Legal and administrative measures were applied to close the identified accounts. (official operation summary)
- [● 13 SOURCES] The platform with the highest number of bans was X (formerly Twitter). (official operation summary)
- [● 13 SOURCES] After X, the platforms with the next highest bans were Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify, in that order. (official operation summary)
- [● 13 SOURCES] The operation was coordinated by the Presidency Communication Presidency, the Police Cyber Crime Department, public prosecutors and the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK). (official operation summary)
- [● 13 SOURCES] The coordination mechanism monitored trend topics, hashtag campaigns, coordinated sharing networks and bot activity in real time. (official operation summary)