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Turkey’s Instagram Ban Hits Women Entrepreneurs as Orders Dry Up
- Regulator blocked app amid claim it censored posts about Hamas
- Platform accounted for as much as 60% of some firms’ sales
Ezgi Akincilar, the owner of Antalya’dan Iste.
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Turkey’s decision to block access to Instagram has hit female entrepreneurs who rely on the popular social media application to sell everything from cookies to bed sheets.
“We’ve been using Instagram to showcase our products and reach out to a wider client base,” said Ezgi Akincilar, founder of online retailer Antalya’dan Iste, which sells food products from honey and jam to canned artichokes.