Turkish authorities have decided to lock in the country access to the micro blogging service Twitter and video hosting YouTube. Note providers about blocking was granted the prosecutor's office.
This decision was made due to the fact that these services have been posted photos of Turkish prosecutor taken last week hostage by militants.
It is expected that local providers completely block the access to Twitter and YouTube in the near future.
Initially, the Turkish authorities were planning to block access to the social network Facebook, but later abandoned this step, as representatives of the social network quickly removed the controversial pictures. Total for their publication in the country were blocked by more than 150 sites.
Many Turkish Internet users have already reported in social networks that they have difficulties with access to these sites.
Hostage-taking
Employee Istanbul Mehmet Selim prosecutors Kiraz March 31 in the courtroom were taken hostage militants group "Revolutionary People's Liberation Party." Turkish security forces have managed to release a prosecutor, but he died of his injuries.
Probably Kiraz was taken hostage because headed the investigation into the death of a boy during anti-government protests in 2013.
Grouping "Revolutionary People's Liberation Party" recognized as a terrorist in Turkey, the US and the European Union.
This is not the first time that the Turkish authorities to block social networks.
So, on the eve of local elections in the spring of 2014 the lock was introduced after the records of established facts alleged corruption among senior officials.
According to data published by Twitter, in the period from July to December 2014 Turkey has more demands to remove content from the network than any other country.
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