Now it is Turkey’s turn to face the heat of micro blogging site Twitter. People in Turkey are using Twitter and other social media sites to circulate audio recording, allegedly of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussing bribes and corruption with his son. He tells his son to get rid of large sums of cash ahead of planned government raid of his house.

Turkey blocked access to Twitter following Erdogan’s threat to “rip out the roots” of the social network where links have proliferated.

The ban came hours as Erdogan, on an election campaign trail, vowed to "wipe out" Twitter. He also said that he did not care what the international community had to say.

Turkey had earlier blocked access to YouTube. It is the first ban on Twitter. Twitter spokesman Nu Wexler told leading News agency Associated Press that it was ''looking into this now.''

                                   

Interestingly, President Abdullah Gul has also challenged the ban. He appealed people to join the protest.

Twitter has 12 million users from Turkey. It is now asking its users to send tweets via SMS.