Following the explosion that occurred in İstanbul’s İstiklal Avenue in Taksim/ Beyoğlu on November 13, 2022 and claimed the lives of six people and wounded 81 others as of November 14, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a broadcast ban upon the application of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. RTÜK head Ebubekir Şahin announced the ban on his social media account around half an hour after the blast. In the statement titled “Temporary broadcast ban”, it was said, “A temporary broadcast ban has been imposed as per the written correspondence of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism dated November 13, 2022 and numbered 04181 regarding the blast.”
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) reportedly gave an instruction of bandwidth throttling to social media and instant messaging platforms (November 13).