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Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by reaperducer on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:37PM (#21228234)
Blocking sites like this is never reasonable

Turkey has a long history of blocking web sites, even in peacetime. The last time I went there, I was surprised how many web sites I couldn't access.

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Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by BostonEnginerd on Friday October 11, 2019 @08:28PM (#21229611)
I recently transited through Istanbul and noticed two things:

1) You can't get an internet connection at the airport without giving up PII - either your ticket info, or your cellphone information.

2) They block Wikipedia in the airport and on the in-flight WiFi on Turkish Airlines.

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Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by PrussianSteel on Friday October 11, 2019 @11:25PM (#21230447)
It’s a nationwide thing, not just a Turkish Airlines/airport block. I think Wikipedia’s been blocked for several years now.
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Re:Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Restricted in S... by lostlogin on Saturday October 12, 2019 @01:22PM (#21234697)
It has. Here is the Wikipedia entry on the block. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_of_Wikipedia_in_Turkey
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