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Turkey's Erdogan criticizes court ruling lifting Twitter ban

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04-04-2014 | 03:00

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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized a constitutional court ruling lifting a ban on Twitter, saying the court should have rejected an application to restore access to the micro-blogging site.

"We complied with the ruling but I do not respect it," Erdogan told reporters at a news conference before departing on a trip to Azerbaijan. "It should have been rejected on procedural grounds."

Access to Twitter was blocked on March 21 in the run-up to local elections and Turkey's telecoms authority lifted the two-week-old ban on Thursday after the court ruled the block breached freedom of expression.

On another note, Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan said that the central bank should hold an extraordinary meeting and lower interest rates, sending the lira lower.

The lira weakened to 2.1460 against dollar by 0657 GMT after Erdogan's comments, from 2.1350 beforehand.

The central bank raised interest rates massively in an emergency meeting in January despite heavy government pressure to keep rates low as the country entered an election cycle. It has kept them there since.

Turkish PM also said he favored keeping a three-term limit for deputies in his ruling AK Party, comments which suggest he may not himself seek a fourth term and could instead be a candidate in August presidential elections.

Erdogan added that he had no plans to combine general elections, due in 2015, with the August presidential polls. There has been speculation in Turkey that the general elections could be brought forward.

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