<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><a href="https://news.sbisiali.com/ar/news/article/after-anticipating-her-return-sherine-abdel-wahabs-concert-in-turkiye-is-cancelled" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span lang="ar">Turkey's</span></a> <span lang="ar">ban</span> <span lang="ar">on Meta-owned Instagram has sparked controversy and brought tensions between Ankara and several social media platforms back to the fore.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">Yesterday morning, Friday, the Turks were surprised by the stoppage of the famous application before it was officially announced that access to Instagram had been blocked without giving any reasons.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">This opened the door to speculation linking the Turkish decision to Meta's censorship policy on posts related to Palestine, especially since recent days have seen the American company ban part of the content related to the obituary of the elected Palestinian Prime Minister,</span> <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span lang="ar">Ismail Haniyeh</span></a> <span lang="ar">.</span> </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1080/1080;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/a845342e-3bd6-475e-84a9-210bcdc0a29b.jfif" ></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);"><span lang="ar">Is the reason the obituary of Ismail Haniyeh?</span></span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">While media outlets said the decision came in response to Meta deleting posts related to Haniya, platforms explained, citing sources, that the reason was due to the famous platform’s failure to adhere to official directives to remove some content related to a number of crimes such as child sexual assault and narcotics, in addition to “insulting Ataturk,” the founder of the Turkish Republic.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">The Instagram ban brings back tensions that Turkey has seen with major social media companies, with Ankara previously blocking sites such as Twitter and Wikipedia for periods of time.</span> </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:679/452;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/30596cf1-21b9-41d3-9a6c-13d0267b82ca.jpeg" ></figure>