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on Friday March 21 2014, @12:00PM
from the what-good-is-a-phone-call-if-you-are-unable-to-speak dept.
from the what-good-is-a-phone-call-if-you-are-unable-to-speak dept.
maratumba writes:
"Within the same day as the PM announced his intention to do so (previous story here), Twitter has been blocked in Turkey. Reports say that it is currently possible to circumvent the ban by using Google DNS. But the word is, they will not only prevent this method, but also block Facebook and Youtube."
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by umafuckitt on Friday March 21 2014, @01:40PM
I'm no expert on Turkey so I found this long and (I think) fairly balanced [nybooks.com] article on Erdogan and modern Turkey. It's worth a read if you want some info on the background against which this Twitter ban has occurred. In the second half of the article you will see that the press is being intimidated in Turkey and 60 journalists have been locked up (articled dated last year). You may also remember the Gezi Park [economist.com] protests from last year.