13.11.2025 20:04
Following the access restriction imposed on Ekrem İmamoğlu's main X account, he continued to share posts on the Presidential Candidate Office account, as well as on a page called Etkili Haber, which has also been subjected to access restrictions. In a statement from the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was noted that disinformation was being shared from these accounts.
Ekrem İmamoğlu's account, which continued its posts after the access restriction imposed on the main X account on May 8, also faced the same fate as the account named Presidential Candidate Office.
ACCESS RESTRICTION TO IMAMOĞLU'S X ACCOUNT
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that access restrictions were imposed on the pages named Presidential Candidate Office and Effective News. The Prosecutor's Office stated that disinformation was shared from both accounts.
ACCESS RESTRICTION IMPOSED ON ANOTHER PAGE
The statement from the Prosecutor's Office included the following expressions: "It has been determined that disinformation containing information has been continuously disseminated through the account with the username Presidential Candidate Office (CBAdayOfisi) and the account with the username Effective News (etkilihaber1) on the X social media platform. Therefore, on 13.11.2025, an investigation was initiated ex officio by our Chief Public Prosecutor's Office under Article '217/A' of the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237 for the crime of 'Publicly Disseminating Misleading Information,' and a request was made to the Istanbul Duty Magistrate to block access to the relevant accounts."
In accordance with the decision of the Istanbul 10th Criminal Magistrate's Court dated '13.11.2025, 2025/11774 D. İş' and the decisions of the Istanbul 10th Criminal Magistrate's Court dated '13.11.2025, 2025/11773 D. İş', it has been decided to block access to the mentioned accounts in accordance with Article 8/A of Law No. 5651. A letter has been written to the Information Technologies and Communications Authority for the execution of the decision.