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Turkish authorities imposed widespread internet throttling for 12 hours on Sunday following clashes between police and opposition supporters trying to prevent a government-appointed trustee from taking control of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul headquarters.<\/p>\n
The restrictions affected YouTube, X, Instagram and WhatsApp access across the country after Turkish security forces used pepper spray to disperse CHP demonstrators in Istanbul’s Sar\u0131yer district. Many users resorted to VPN services to circumvent the throttling.<\/p>\n
The CHP Istanbul headquarters in the city’s northern parts have been surrounded for several days by the party’s supporters, aiming to prevent the trustee G\u00fcrsel Tekin from taking over the reins of the party\u2019s provincial administration.<\/p>\n
Tekin, himself a CHP veteran, has been appointed by the government as a trustee to CHP\u2019s Istanbul administration to replace the incumbent \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00c7elik, who was democratically elected in a provincial congress back in September 2023.<\/p>\n
As the sides continue negotiating, internet access remains spotty across Turkey.<\/p>\n
Usually, when access to a website or app is to be blocked, the country\u2019s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) issues a statement.<\/p>\n
However this time the BTK has made no announcements yet. Furthermore, the BTK’s website check feature, which allows users to see if a site is blocked, does not indicate any of the social media platforms as being throttled.<\/p>\n
As of 5 pm local time (4 pm CEST) on Monday, YouTube, X, Instagram and WhatsApp remain unreachable in the area of Istanbul. Some Turkish citizens living in other provinces in the country have reported that they can access all or some of the services listed above.<\/p>\n
The Turkish government has been on the offensive against the main opposition party since mid-March, when the party\u2019s Istanbul mayor and presidential candidate, Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, was detained and swiftly sent to Silivri prison. <\/p>\n
\u0130mamo\u011flu\u2019s detention was the most notable among multiple arrests of CHP members since.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, critics have also claimed that the government has made plans to reinstall Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu, the CHP\u2019s former president, replacing incumbent leader \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel, who was elected as party leader at a congress in late 2023.<\/p>\n
The trial, which will determine whether K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu can come back to helm the party instead of \u00d6zel, who has been accused of ousting the former president through alleged bribes, is set to take place in mid-September.<\/p>\n
In case K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu comes back \u2014 a move that could create further divisions within the party, according to experts \u2014 he would be able to govern the party for mere six days as CHP delegates responded to the upheaval with a decision to bring the party to an extraordinary congress through a collective vote on 21 September. <\/p>\n
Overwhelmingly backed by the current CHP delegates, \u00d6zel is the top candidate in the race.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, CHP has been further rocked by defections, after several notable members have switched allegiances, joining the ruling Justice and Development or AK party instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 08\/09\/2025 – 17:22 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Turkish authorities imposed widespread internet throttling for 12 hours on Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[4311,85,123,4310,46,125,4309],"class_list":{"0":"post-3252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-ekrem-imamoglu","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-internet","11":"tag-internet-ban","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-turkiye-turkey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}