Internet censorship in Turkey
Turkey (TR) · · Atom
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Censorship Score
Level
freeRisk Tier
T2HighTrend
− stableGlobal Rank
#58Incidents
—Overview
Turkey implements content filtering and social media throttling during political events. Wikipedia was blocked for years.
Evidence provenance
No evidence records attached to this country yet. Once probes or upstream alerts fire, attribution appears here.
7-Day Risk Forecast
Predictive AIMachine learning prediction of censorship risk based on historical patterns and political events. Calibrated 2026-05-20 via isotonic refit on 810 live outcomes. See drivers + similar past events →
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ML Intelligence
Atlas models · 2026-05-21Composite signals from Voidly Atlas's ML model suite — censorship intensity, contagion follow-risk, expected shutdown duration and behavioral peers. Model changelog →
Expected shutdown duration
~5days
If a critical shutdown occurs · IQR ±2d
Try-first circumvention tool
Tor · anonymity-network · 96% probe success (works)
Recent Incidents
No incidents recorded for Turkey.
ISPs in Turkey
Known blocked services
Wikipedia (partial)Some newsSocial media during events
Recommendations
- Use Voidly VPN
- Enable encrypted DNS
- Use HTTPS-only mode
Data
Measurements938,975
Blocked count68,772
Block rate7.3%
Last updated2026-08-13
API endpoint
/data/country/TRProtocol breakdown
912K
Web
14K
Telegram
14K
WhatsApp
Frequently asked questions about censorship in Turkey
Q01Is the internet censored in Turkey?
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Voidly classifies Turkey as free (censorship score 2/100, risk tier 2: High). Turkey implements content filtering and social media throttling during political events. Wikipedia was blocked for years.
Q02What websites are blocked in Turkey?
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Recent measurements show blocking or interference for: Wikipedia (partial), Some news, Social media during events. The block-rate across all measured domains is 7.3% over 938,975 samples. Live per-domain status: https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain={domain}&country=TR.
Q03How does Turkey's censorship compare globally?
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Turkey ranks #58 on the Voidly Global Censorship Index. The current trend is stable — no significant change in block rates.
Q04What blocking methods are used in Turkey?
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Voidly's pipeline detects DNS poisoning, TCP-RESET, blockpage injection, TLS-RESET / SNI-based blocking, and ASN-level outages. The exact method per domain is in each evidence permalink (https://api.voidly.ai/data/incidents?country=TR). Methodology: https://voidly.ai/methodology.
Q05How fresh is the data for Turkey?
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Voidly probes Turkey every 5 minutes from 37+ global probe nodes. Upstream OONI, IODA, and CensoredPlanet feeds refresh every 6 hours. The country snapshot was last regenerated 2026-08-13.
Q06How can I check if a specific website is blocked in Turkey?
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Three options. (1) REST: GET https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain=twitter.com&country=TR. (2) MCP: npx @voidly/mcp-server, then call check_domain_blocked with domain="twitter.com" country="TR". (3) CLI: npx @voidly/cli check twitter.com TR. All three return current status, blocking method, and evidence permalinks.
Q07Can I use a VPN to bypass censorship in Turkey?
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Use Voidly VPN Enable encrypted DNS Use HTTPS-only mode The full per-country recommendation list is on this page below.
Q08How do I cite Voidly's data on Turkey in a paper or article?
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Use the BibTeX or RIS export at https://voidly.ai/cite/TR (also linked from the Citation section below). Permanent incident IDs (e.g., TR-2026-NNNN) are issued for every confirmed event. License: CC BY 4.0 — credit Voidly Research and link back.
Cite this data
Voidly Research. (2026). Turkey Censorship Profile. https://voidly.ai/tr
License: CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution.