Turkey unblocks Instagram after talks to address its concerns about crime and censorship

Turkey has restored access to Instagram after the social media site agreed to meet the country’s demands around censor،p and crime-related content, reports. Transport Minister announced the agreement in a post on X. Instagram was blocked for a little over a week; users in the country , but no official explanation for the decision was provided at the time.

However, the block came after Turkey’s head of communications, , accused the platform of censoring posts that expressed condolences for Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader w، was recently ،ed. In the post on Sa،ay, Uraloglu cited concerns over content relating to catalog crimes — which include ،, ،ual ،ault, drug trafficking and torture, according to — and censor،p imposed on Instagram users. , which first reported that Instagram had been blocked in Turkey earlier this month, confirmed on Sa،ay that access had begun to return.