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The Istanbul 8th Criminal (sulh ceza) Court of Peace has blocked access to the latest X social media account (@CAOIletisim11) used by Ekrem Imamoglu’s presidential campaign office, the EngelliWeb initiative (@engelliweb), a project of Turkey’s Freedom of Expression Association, reported on August 3.
On August 4, the office launched a new account (@CA_iletisim).
The ruling against the jailed challenger to Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and elected mayor of Istanbul was the eighth ban introduced against various X accounts used by Imamoglu. It was, as usual, issued under Article 8/A of Law No. 5651 on the grounds of protecting national security and public order.
Ruling: X's Global Government Affairs team (@GlobalAffairs) on August 5 shared the Istanbul 8th Criminal Court of Peace's ruling.
On July 16, Imamoglu’s YouTube channel (@ekremimamoglu) and his presidential campaign office's X account (@CAOIletisim1) were blocked. Following the ruling, the X account's name was changed to CAOIletisim11.
Cat and mouse
On April 24, 2025, the Istanbul 8th Criminal Court of Peace blocked Imamoglu's X account (ekrem_imamoglu), which boasted 9.7mn followers, on the grounds of protecting national security and public order with ruling numbered 2025/4361. X made the account invisible from Turkey.
In May 2025, the international Imamoglu X account (imamoglu_int) was blocked from access in May 2025 on the same usual grounds. X has yet to make this one invisible from Turkey.
In November 2025, the X account of Imamoglu’s presidential campaign office with the username CBAdayOfisi was blocked under a decision of the Istanbul 10th Criminal Court of Peace numbered 2025/11774.
After the block was put in place, the account's name was changed to CBAdayOfisi1. However, this account name was then blocked later in November 2025 on the same grounds, though X did not make the account invisible from Turkey.
The account name was then changed to CBAdayOfisi11. However, this account was also subsequently blocked from access on the grounds of protecting national security and public order. X made the account invisible from Turkey on last November 17.
In March, a newly opened account, CAOIletisim, was blocked on the security and order grounds, but it remained visible on X from Turkey. Following the implemented block, the account's name was changed to CAOIletisim1.
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