Turkey is imposing a ban on Twitter ads as the company failed to comply with the new social media law, Turkish Minister of Communications and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoglu noted.

Banning social media ads in Turkey will reduce internet bandwidth, T24 reported, citing Karaismailoglu during a meeting with reporters in Ankara.

Turkey's social media law, passed in July, requires social media platforms with over one million users, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, to open offices in Turkey, with tough penalties for non-compliance, including bandwidth limiting, making the platform unusable.

YouTube, Ticktock, Daily Motion, and Facebook have complied, and Twitter hasn't yet.

According to Karaismailoglu, Turkey's move is justified, and the Turkish government requested a Twitter representative to prevent messages that are inappropriate and violate human rights.

Karaismailoglu also criticized Twitter for restricting access to a tweet from Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu earlier this week.