On Thursday (February 27), at 11:00 p.m. Turkish time, social networking sites were subjected to a comprehensive ban in the period that coincided with the Turkish army’s air strikes in Idlib, Syria, where many of the communication sites became unavailable through the national telecommunications company. Turk Telecom. ”
A number of social media sites, such as “Instagram”, “Facebook” and “Twitter”, have been banned by the national telecommunications company “Turk Telecom” in addition to a number of other cellular companies that have banned these sites from their customers.
According to NetBlocks.org, the website that monitors internet traffic, in addition to blocking these sites, access to YouTube and WhatsApp has been restricted at the same time and partially.
The website added that nothing has been issued regarding the banning of these sites to the public, that these measures are caused by the military operation of the Turkish army in Syria, and the ban comes in light of news about the actual large numbers of dead and wounded in the Turkish army in Idlib battles in Syria.
The site indicated that a number of social networking sites are still banned in addition to servers related to WhatsApp, are still closed to customers and one of the largest Internet service companies in Turkey.
The site emphasized a lot of activity on using the VPN, in order to break the ban and circumvent the censorship.
It is reported that Turkey banned communication sites on more than one occasion, including during the operation of the “Euphrates Shield” operation on August 25, 2016, as it banned these sites for 7 hours in all parts of the country.
In addition to an incident that occurred in December 2016, when Turkey blocked communication websites to prevent the spread of a video showing members of the Turkish army protecting members of ISIS, according to the report.
