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A court in Turkey has said the country's Twitter ban [vents / prevents] free speech. It said that blocking Twitter takes away people's [write / right] to express themselves [freely / free] . The Turkish government blocked Twitter on March the 21st. The Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, was [anger / angry] because someone posted audio files of his close [advises / advisors] just days before the country's elections. The files [reveled / revealed] details of possible corruption in Turkey that could be [embarrassing / embarrass] for the government. Mr Erdogan is a big [criticism / critic] of social networks. As well as blocking Twitter, he also ordered the blocking of YouTube for a while. He said in an election campaign [speaking / speech] : "We will wipe out Twitter. I don't care what the international community [talks / says] ."

The Twitter ban did not [work / working] as Mr Erdogan wanted it to. Turks found many ways to get [in / on] Twitter without using the normal channels. Internet companies say there was a [splurge / surge] in tweets after the ban but usage is down to [halved / half] of what it was before. Many Turks are furious [for / with] the government for banning Twitter. They are determined to make sure they can [access / excess] the micro-blogging site. The court agreed with the people. It said: "Everyone has the right [to / for] express and share his/her thoughts and [opinions / options] by speech, in writing, in pictures or through other media." Twitter was happy with the court's [announcement / announce] . Its global public policy team tweeted: "We hope to have Twitter access [restored / stored] in Turkey soon."