Turkey began unblocking Instagram Saturday evening after depriving access to millions of users for nine days.
“Following our negotiations with representatives of Instagram, we will unblock access starting from 9:30 pm (1830 GMT) after they agreed to respond to our demands,” transport and infrastructure minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on X.
Instagram access began to progressively return after that time, AFP reporters noted.
“Since the beginning, we have wanted social media platforms to respect the laws of the Republic,” Uraloglu insisted.
The platform had been blocked since the morning of August 2 for reasons that were never fully explained.