ISTANBUL, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Turkey's government will

hold talks with Instagram officials on Monday after blocking

access to the social media platform last week, Transport and

Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said in a post on X.

The move came after a senior Turkish official accused

Instagram of blocking condolence posts following the

assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian

militant group Hamas.

Uraloglu said Turkey had expressed certain sensitivities

regarding compliance with Turkish laws in a previous meeting

with representatives of Instagram last week.

Turkish communications official Fahrettin Altun on

Wednesday criticised Instagram for alleged "censorship, pure and

simple," over what he called its decision to bar condolence

posts for Haniyeh after his killing in Iran's capital Tehran on

July 31.

Iran and Hamas have accused Israel of carrying out the

strike that killed Haniyeh hours after he attended the

inauguration of Iran's new president. Israel has not claimed

responsibility.

Turkey ranks fifth in the world in terms of Instagram

usage, with some 57 million users, following India, the U.S.,

Brazil and Indonesia, according to data platform Statista.