The Turkish People React To The Twitter Block…

In the hopes of maintainijng his status quo amidst a plethora of corruption probes and allegations, Turkey’s Erdogan has blocked Twitter after pledging to “destroy” the social media platform after troubling leaks occurred appearing to confirm his corruption. As one can imagine, the Turkish people (among others) are not happy…

12 milyon kullan?c?s? olan #Twitter‘a eri?im engellendi! Dünyada sadece 2 ülkede yasak! http://t.co/6xxOdU7eVs http://ift.tt/1jclN3O

— Radikal (@radikal) March 20, 2014

Anger fuels creativity in #Turkey over #Twitter ban. http://ift.tt/1eXpMKk

— Ayla Albayrak (@aylushka_a) March 20, 2014

#Cartoon Fake democracy EXPOSED #TwitterisblockedinTurkey by @RT_Erdogan! #ÖzgürTwitterIstiyoruz http://ift.tt/OI7cPF

— Carlos Latuff (@LatuffCartoons) March 21, 2014

Bunu kim haz?rlad?ysa tebrikler. Çok güldüm 🙂 #TwitterisblockedinTurkey http://ift.tt/NAtSR5

— 3rk4n H0c4 (@3rk4ny3silt4s) March 21, 2014

Alsana Montaj
#TwitterisblockedinTurkey http://ift.tt/1jclN3W

— Berkin Elvan (@15indebirfidan) March 21, 2014

#TwitterisblockedinTurkey http://ift.tt/NAtQZu

— Simge Gungorer (@SimgeselSey) March 21, 2014

#TwitterisblockedinTurkey #TurkeyBlockedTwitter #TURKEY http://ift.tt/1jclNki

— #cumartesianalar? (@cumartesiannesi) March 21, 2014

No drop in number of tweets despite ban, #TwitterisblockedinTurkey becomes TT http://t.co/Tb1eVI9Zl7 http://ift.tt/OI7dTL

— Hurriyet Daily News (@HDNER) March 21, 2014

The country banned from tweeting is also where users enjoy twitter most #twitterisblockedinturkey http://ift.tt/1eXpP8T

— beko (@bekirbasarozer) March 21, 2014

#TwitterisblockedinTurkey #TurkeyBlockedTwitter http://ift.tt/NAtRfU

— sad but fab (@turnerisgod) March 21, 2014

Some have offered solutions and workarounds…

Kad?köy’ün yollar? DNS / While #TwitterisblockedinTurkey, take a look at the Kad?köy streets http://ift.tt/1jclPJ6

— kaan sezyum (@kaansezyum) March 21, 2014

And Twitter itself helped…