Overview
- Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority announced the block without specifying a reason or duration.
- Officials claim Instagram censored posts expressing condolences for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran.
- Fahrettin Altun, a Turkish communications official, condemned the platform for censorship.
- Turkey, which does not label Hamas as a terrorist organization, declared a national day of mourning for Haniyeh.
- Instagram has over 50 million users in Turkey, making it one of the platform's largest markets.