article_snippet.sent: Turkey has lifted a block on social media sites in Turkey after Twitter, Facebook YouTube agreed to remove chilling images of a prosecutor being held at gunpoint by left wing extremists.
article_snippet.sent: A Turkish court imposed the blocks yesterday because photographs of the deadly siege in which Mehmet Selim Kiraz was killed were being widely shared on social media.
article_snippet.sent: Turkey initially demanded domestic newspapers stop running the 'terrorist propaganda' images, before going on to block access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, Facebook and YouTube yesterday when requests to remove photographs of the deadly siege in which Mehmet Selim Kiraz was killed were ignored.
article_snippet.sent: Shocking: A Turkish court had imposed the blocks because photographs of the deadly siege were being shared on social media and 'deeply upset' the wife and children of Mehmet Selim Kiraz.
article_snippet.sent: Access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, Facebook and YouTube was re-established after the social media sites agreed to remove photographs of the deadly siege, which Turkey has branded 'anti-government propaganda'.
article_snippet.sent: However Turkey has since threatened to block access to Google unless images of the deadly siege are removed from Google search function.
article_snippet.sent: Users meanwhile were sharing information on how to get around the ban on the Internet.
article_snippet.sent: Before imposing the blocks on the websites, Turkish authorities had tried to prevent newspapers printing images taken during the siege last week.
article_snippet.sent: newspapers were accused by the government of 'spreading terrorist propaganda' in sharing the images of the hostage-taking.
article_snippet.sent: last year, Turkey blocked access to YouTube and Twitter after audio recordings of a secret security meeting or tapes suggesting corruption by government officials were leaked on the social media sites.
article_snippet.sent: Turkey's highest court, however, overturned the bans, deeming audio recordings of a secret security meeting or tapes suggesting corruption by government officials were leaked on the social media sites to be unconstitutional.
article_snippet.sent: Previous moves by Turkish authorities to block the social media networks have provoked widespread criticism by Western governments and human rights organizations.
article_snippet.sent: Many tech-savvy users, including former President Abdullah Gul, had found ways to circumvent the bans both on Twitter and YouTube while Many tech-savvy users, including former President Abdullah Gul were in place.
highlights_snippet.sent: Court imposed social media blocks after images of siege were shared .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Blocks were lifted today after Twitter, Facebook and YouTube agreed to remove images of the deadly siege from Facebook and YouTube sites .