Twitter steps back, closes accounts from court order


ANKARA — Twitter began to close down accounts on Saturday as per mandate of Turkey's courts.In a written statement by the Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) of Turkey, it is said that one account has already been suspended. The suspended account was a fake account for a user under the initials C.K., a woman residing in Samsun. The account was used to unlawfully tweet the woman's sexually explicit texts and photographs.Upon C.K.'s application, the Samsun Court ruled to block access to the content.