Türkiye has a worldwide reputation for blocking many websites. It can be very annoying when these sites, some of which we have witnessed firsthand, are blocked. We start our topic by saying that there is probably no country in the world that uses as many VPNs as we do.
Between them Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia In this list, which also includes large sites such as “Why is this blocked now?” There are also sites that will make you say so.
Press freedom in global rankings ranked 154th We think that it will not surprise you to see that Turkey, located in Turkey, has blocked access to these sites.
YouTube was banned 6 times!
Come on, this 6 obstacles Let’s look at the reasons one by one:
- 6 March 2007: The site was first created by a Greek user named Kostas Papafloratos. Insulting words to Atatürk He was blocked because of the video he posted using . After YouTube removed the video from its platform, access was also blocked. Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office Press Prosecutor Nurten Altınok said that if the insulting elements on the site are removed, the access ban will also be lifted. As a matter of fact, YouTube removed the video.
- January 17, 2008: YouTube was once again blocked from publishing videos insulting the Turkish Nation and Ataturk. Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office Press Prosecutor Nadi Türkaslan said that the images on this site were only removed from the Turkish database, and that the site would not be opened if the database in the world was not removed. YouTube, video after deleting from database access block was opened.
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13 March 2008: 2 months later, YouTube was once again blocked for the same reason. Even the Prime Minister of the time, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, commented on this issue. “I’m entering, you enter too” He made a statement. Users who accessed the site by changing their DNS settings were forced to use VPN after DNS was also blocked. After the video was removed in October 2010, the access block was lifted.
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3 November 2010: After the obstacle was removed in October; Deniz Baykal’s secret images After it was shared on YouTube, it was blocked again 1 month later. Access was blocked 2 months after the images were removed.
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27 March 2014: The then MİT Undersecretary, Ministry Undersecretary and 2nd Chief of General Staff; then Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu audio recordings of conversations in his office After it was published on the platform, YouTube was blocked again. As a result of the removal of the audio recording from the site, the site was reopened on June 3.
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6 April 2015: Anadolu Agency “To block access to the websites where the images, sounds and videos subject to the investigation regarding the murder of Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz are published” He announced that he had made his decision. In these sites X The (Twitter) platform was also included.
Wikipedia also had its share of this ban.
Turkey in cooperation with terrorist organizations The site, which published the content it showed, was blocked from access on April 29, 2017.
Moreover this Wikipedia was warned about removal of content and a certain period of time was given, but it seems that the site was quite insistent on not removing these contents. In recent years regarding the disability, Wikimedia has published #WeMissTurkey (#WeMissTurkey) He asked for the access block to be lifted with his hashtag. In 2018, he even prepared a special video for Turkey on this subject from his official YouTube accounts. in January 2020 As a result of objections The access barrier was removed.
Ekşi Sözlük, one of the most visited sites in Turkey, is still inaccessible.
from time to time continuously the site whose access is blocked, In February 2023, access was blocked once again. Nowadays, although the site is available through another domain, it is not possible to access the original site.
The reason for this access block is the problem we experienced last February. Earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş Afterwards, it was not possible to prevent information pollution on the site.
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X (Twitter), which had previously caused many controversies in the country, would not have had its share of this trend.
The site has been subject to many access restrictions in the past. On March 20, 2014 It was banned after the audio recordings of conversations in Ahmet Davutoğlu’s office were published on the platform. Prime Minister of the time Recep Tayyip Erdogan He used the following words regarding this obstacle: “Twitter, we will eradicate them all. The international community says, it doesn’t concern me at all.”
President of the time Abdullah Gul He shared a post on this subject:
Later, on April 3, by the Constitutional Court access blockage removed It was announced. After the murder of Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz on April 6, 2015, the images were shared on Twitter. again There was an access ban. The blockage was lifted as a result of the images being removed from the media.
This platform, which is slowed down from time to time, has been with YouTube for a long time. most restricted sites has taken its place among them.
The Pirate Bay, one of the most popular Torrent sites, has been blocked not only in Turkey but also in many countries.
Famous torrent site with many TV series, movies, games and videos, as can be expected. “hacking” Due to access restrictions in many countries. Here are all the countries:
- Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain , Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
“What does this have to do with anything now?” It’s the kind of obstacle you might say… Closing access to the Last.fm site.
The reason for this access barrier is originates from copyright explained. Moreover, this situation was not specific to Last.fm; the access ban on MySpace at the same time made independent musicians very angry. These sites are open to access today.
famous musician Aylin Aslım’s There is an explanation on this subject: “Blocking access to MySpace.com is a serious injustice done to independent musicians in Turkey. We do not want to be forced into music channels, record companies and their dirty policies again in order to freely deliver our music to everyone who wants it.”
Access to German-based news platform Deutsche Welle was blocked last year.
Deutsche Welle director Peter Limbourg, on this subject”In extensive correspondence, as well as in personal conversations with the head of the media regulator, we explained why DW could not apply for such a licence. For example, licensed media in Turkey are obliged to delete online content that RTÜK deems inappropriate. This situation an independent media organization It is unacceptable for. DW will now take legal action against the access ban.” he shared his words with the public. Nowadays still blocked from access between sites.
The reason behind the ban on Imgur was the images of Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz published on platforms such as YouTube and Twitter.
The government, probably unable to prevent this, found a solution by blocking access to the site. After 5 years, In February 2020 It became accessible again.
Even seemingly irrelevant sites such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, GitHub, WordPress, Blogger and Blogspot are among those who somehow suffer from this obstacle.
of WordPress The reason for being blocked is Adnan Oktar While Blogspot had users broadcasting the Super League illegally. The reason why GitHub, Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox are blocked is because of the E-mail images of Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak was to be shared in these media. Although these obstacles lasted for a shorter time than others, they made users very angry.
Of course, these sites are not limited to just this, they are also available in Turkey. According to 2021 data, more than 574 thousand domain and website blocked! “What did you put us through, TC!” We leave the word to you.
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