AKIPRESS.COM - A court in Turkey has ordered the suspension of a controversial ban on the social media site Twitter. Turkish users of Twitter are expected to regain access shortly after the ruling but it remained blocked.

The country's telecommunication authority has 30 days to decide whether to lift the ban. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to "wipe out Twitter" after users spread allegations of corruption. Twitter itself has filed a challenge to the access ban, BBC reported.

It said it had acted on two out of three Turkish legal orders but had concern about the third order as it was a request us to suspend an account accusing a former minister of corruption. "This order causes us concern," its general counsel, Vijaya Gadde, said in a statement. "Political speech is among the most important speech, especially when it concerns possible government corruption."

At a rally ahead of important local elections on Sunday, Mr Erdogan was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying: "I don't understand how people of good sense could defend this Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. There are all kinds of lies there."