Turkish Prime Minister RecepTayyip Erdogan has said moved to block access to micro blogging site, Twitter in the country on Friday.

Following the move by the Prime Minister, millions of Turkish Twitter users used alternative ways to access the site and expressed anger over the move. The country's president was among the users who found ways to circumvent the restrictions and expressed anger over the move. The latest move has angered people, who see this as Erdogan's growing authoritarianism in the country.

The twitter was banned amid a scandal over corruption in the Erdogan's government that was not much covered in the social media platforms. Erdogan announced that he is planning to shut down the Twitter. com Web site in an angered speech just hours before the access to the website was blocked in the country.

He said, "We'll eradicate Twitter. I don't care what the international community says. Everyone will witness the power of the Turkish state."

There is much shock and astonishment that the head of the Turkish state actually went ahead with the plan to block a social networking site. Turkey is seen by many as a model state in the Muslim world for democratic governance.