AKIPRESS.COM - Turkey blocked YouTube as a precaution after voice recordings purportedly of senior officials discussing a potential military operation in Syria created "a national security issue", a source at the prime minister's office said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

The source said that Turkey was in talks with the video sharing platform and may lift the ban if YouTube agreed to remove the content.

Earlier, Turkey has locked another social network Twitter, however later, the court recognized such measures illegitimate.