ISTANBUL — To avoid being banned throughout Turkey, Facebook has blocked Turkish users’ access to a number of pages containing content that the authorities had deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, according to a company employee with direct knowledge of the matter and a report by the state broadcaster TRT.
The company acted to comply with an order from a Turkish court, the employee said on Monday, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the company had not authorized the employee to speak publicly. The court order was issued late Sunday at the request of a local prosecutor in Ankara, the capital.
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Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated the location of Mark Scott. He reported from London, not Paris.
Sebnem Arsu reported from Istanbul, and Mark Scott from London.
