. ▁Although ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ▁techn ically ▁left ▁office ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁he ▁led ▁efforts ▁to ▁generating ▁court ▁orders ▁to ▁block ▁Twitter ▁and ▁YouTube ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁large - scale ▁online ▁anti - g overn ment ▁back l ash ▁following ▁revel ations ▁of ▁government ▁cor ruption ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers ies ▁▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁Pam uk ova ▁train ▁der ail ment ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 2 ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁a ▁fast ▁train ▁en ▁route ▁from ▁An k ara ▁to ▁ İ stan bul ▁der a iled ▁after ▁entering ▁a ▁curve ▁too ▁fast ▁while ▁passing ▁through ▁Pam uk ova , ▁Sak ary a ▁Province . ▁The ▁train ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁' fast ▁trains ' ▁that ▁ran ▁on ▁upgrad ed ▁track ▁and ▁with ▁new ▁rolling ▁stock ▁brought ▁in ▁by ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ▁and ▁the ▁A K P ▁government ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁' f aster ▁trains ' ▁program . ▁ 4 1 ▁people ▁were ▁killed ▁while ▁ 8 0 ▁were ▁injured ▁in ▁the ▁accident . ▁ ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m , ▁as ▁the ▁Minister ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁' f aster ▁trains ' ▁program , ▁faced ▁heavy ▁criticism ▁and ▁calls ▁for ▁his ▁res ignation ▁following ▁the ▁incident , ▁with ▁trade ▁un ions ▁and ▁non - g overn ment al ▁organis ations ▁bl aming ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ' s