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About 25 Twitter Users Arrested in Turkey for "Inciting" Protest, "Spreading Untrue Information"

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Reason Staff | 6.5.2013 11:16 AM


Turkish police have detained 25 people for "spreading untrue information" on social media and provoking protests, the state-run news agency said.

The people were detained in the city of Izmir for allegedly "inciting the people to enmity and hate", the Anadolu Agency said, adding that police are still looking for 13 others.

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