Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again attacked social media, describing it as "the most dangerous means of provocation and incitement."

During a meeting with university students on Saturday, Erdogan called on his country's youth not to use social media, accusing various social media channels of "manipulating the minds of young people and relying on lies."

Erdogan said the government's steps against social media were aimed at "making our youth more peaceful, and protecting them from distorted currents".

It is noteworthy that in July last year, the Turkish parliament approved sweeping changes to social media work regulations, imposing financial fines on companies, limiting bandwidth, and a possible ban on social media companies that violate the law, and giving the government broad powers to regulate content, according to the statement. Turkish newspaper "Zaman".

till then; The Turkish newspaper "Zaman" reported that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the state of Mersin in southern Turkey witnessed an incident that "reflects his fear of being exposed to an assassination attempt."

The newspaper quoted the deputy head of the Turkish opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) bloc, Ozgur Ozal, as saying that local police personnel in Mersin "were stripped of their own ammunition" during Erdogan's visit to the state on Saturday to see the Akkuyu nuclear power plant.

Ozal explained that Erdogan's visit is important, but it is overshadowed by the political aspect, noting that "the president is inside Mersin, but he will not be able to embrace Mersin in its entirety due to his coming to the city as the head of a political party."

He added: "During his arrival to Mersin, the residents witnessed a strange incident. The city's residents lived through what hundreds of cars and thousands of security forces had caused in the city, and ammunition was confiscated from the Mersin security forces accompanying the president, with the exception of his bodyguard. Erdogan appeared in the image of the president who does not trust the forces of Security".