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The announcement followed information that the video-sharing website was used to spread recording on YouTube that appears to reveal top-level Turkish officials weighing reasons for a possible attack on Syrian militants.
The recording purports to be of senior Turkish government, military and spy officials discussing plans to stage an armed clash in Syria or a missile attack that would serve as a pretext for a military response.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan - already ensnared in a corruption scandal and hit by recent mass protests ahead of crucial local elections on Sunday - angrily lashed out at his political opponents for leaking the recording.
"They have leaked something on YouTube today," he told a campaign rally in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir. "It was a meeting on our national security. It is a vile, cowardly, immoral act. We will go into their caves. Who are you serving by eavesdropping?"
Erdogan did not mention his foe by name, but he has in the past used the "cave" reference for his former ally-turned-nemesis, US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose movement has many followers in the Turkish police and judiciary.
The premier last week banned Twitter, sparking international condemnation, after the micro-blogging service was used to spread a spate of other audio files implicating Erdogan and his inner circle in corruption.
An Ankara court Wednesday overturned that ruling as a limit on free speech. Turkey's telecommunications regulator TIB has 30 days to appeal the decision, and Twitter has yet to be restored, although the ban has been widely circumvented.
The YouTube's crackdown comes comes just days before significant local elections.
"We're seeing reports that some users are not able to access YouTube in Turkey," a Google spokesperson said. "There is no technical issue on our side and we're looking into the situation."
Turkish residents decried the Twitter blockage, which prevented them from using the site in any way. A Turkish court overturned the ban on Wednesday, although it could stay in place until after Sunday's elections. The Twitter crackdown came after similar information appeared on the site questioning the government's credibility.
Twitter on Wednesday announced the company had filed "petitions for lawsuits" that challenged aspects of the ban. The company will fight demands to remove an account that accused a former minister of corruption, Twitter general counsel Vijaya Gadde said in a blog post.
Source: Voice of Russia
I suppose Turkey now bears watching. And who are they acting for? People don't usually do stupid things without a reason.