Twitter complied with Turkey's request, ban to be lifted shortly: Turkish official

ANKARA (Reuters) - Twitter has complied with Turkey's request to remove images of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants and the block of access to is about to be lifted, a Turkish official told Reuters on Monday. "The ban will be lifted in a few minutes. Users across Turkey will be able to access Twitter within the hour," the official said. Turkey banned access to the micro-blogging site and YouTube after they refused a request to remove photographs of Mehmet Kiraz, a prosecutor killed in a shootout last week. (Reporting by Orhan Coskun, Writing by Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Alison Williams)