Turkey Blocks

#Telia Company has announced it will divest its stake in #Turkcell Holding, bringing an end to the Swedish company's 27-year presence in #Turkey. We encourage new shareholders, the Turkey Wealth Fund, to set a strong example on privacy and consumer rights teliacompany.com/en/news/pre…

Confirmed: The Independent's Turkish edition has been blocked by court order on major network operators in #Turkey; website was reportedly run under franchise for the British daily by company with ties to Saudi government

Confirmed: Independent news website ODATV has been blocked in #Turkey after disclosing identity of intelligence officer killed in Libya; platform restricted by means of SNI filtering and DNS poisoning; com-tr version remains available

Despite the network-wide restriction of Twitter with Turkcell-Superonline earlier this morning, technical support told users who filed complaints that the problem was "with their apps" and not the service 🤔

Update: Access to Twitter restored with Turkcell-Superonline fixed-line internet provider from 3:00 a.m. UTC (6:00 a.m. local time) following 40+ minute disruption 📰

Confirmed: Twitter restricted on Turkcell Superonline internet provider across #Turkey from 2:20 a.m. UTC (5:20 a.m. local time); incident ongoing 📉 📰 Background: netblocks.org/reports/twitte…

Confirmed: Network data show users across #Turkey falling offline from 3 p.m. UTC (6 p.m. local time) with ~5% national impact amid widening reports of internet outages; some connectivity now restored but disruptions are ongoing 📉

Notice: There is no evidence of nationwide internet throttling in #Turkey at the present time, nor an official broadcast ban issued by RTUK; TTNet/Superonline scheduled repairs are ongoing in some regions #Suriye

Network data show the outage was specific to #TurkNet; no sign of impact to #TTNet, #Superonline or #Vodafone in network scans or subscriber reachability tests

Confirmed: Internet provider #TurkNet is experiencing nationwide outages as of 9:00 p.m. UTC (12:00 a.m. TRT); latest network data shows connectivity restored from 18% to 85% but some parts of #Turkey remain offline; incident ongoing 📉📈