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Internet censorship in Turkey

Turkey (TR) · · Atom

7
Censorship Score
Level
low
Risk Tier
T2High
Trend
− stable
Global Rank
#29
Incidents
27

Overview

Turkey implements content filtering and social media throttling during political events. Wikipedia was blocked for years.

Evidence provenance
10 records from 1 source
  • IODA10 (100%)
    ASN-level outage signals + BGP

Every record carries a permalink back to its upstream measurement. Click a source label to drill into the raw data for Turkey.

7-Day Risk Forecast

Predictive AI

Machine 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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Multi-horizon shutdown forecast — Turkey

monotonic ok
Next 1 day
36.4%
Next 7 days
76.7%
Next 30 days
82.6%

Honest scope: this is a current-regime risk signal, not a shutdown-onset predictor. It reliably flags countries already in a sustained blocking regime; on the days a new shutdown actually begins its skill is at/below chance (transition-row AUC ~0.33). Why →

ML Intelligence

Atlas models · 2026-05-21

Composite signals from Voidly Atlas's ML model suite — censorship intensity, contagion follow-risk, expected shutdown duration and behavioral peers. Model changelog →

Voidly Score
24.7/ 100
▲ 3.72 vs yesterday
How this is computed →
Expected shutdown duration
~5days
If a critical shutdown occurs · IQR ±2d
Evidence grade mix (27)
A: 20B: 6F: 1
Grading rubric →
Try-first circumvention tool
Tor · anonymity-network · 96% probe success (works)
Full evasion table →
Behaviorally similar countries
TH97%KZ93%AE91%

Similarity is behavioral (how a country blocks), not political.

Recent Incidents

10 active
Confirmed: internet outage in Turkey
May 3
68% anomaly · 56 measurements
Confirmed: internet outage in Turkey
Apr 28
27% anomaly · 5 measurements
Internet outage in Turkey
Apr 27
31% anomaly · 4 measurements
Internet outage in Turkey
Apr 22
2% anomaly · 1 measurements
Internet outage in Turkey
Apr 21
36% anomaly · 1 measurements
View all 27 incidents →

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 updated2026-05-23
API endpoint/data/country/TR

Protocol breakdown

912K
Web
14K
Telegram
14K
WhatsApp

Frequently asked questions about censorship in Turkey

Q01

Is the internet censored in Turkey?

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Voidly classifies Turkey as low (censorship score 7/100, risk tier 2: High). Turkey implements content filtering and social media throttling during political events. Wikipedia was blocked for years.
Q02

What 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.
Q03

How does Turkey's censorship compare globally?

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Turkey ranks #29 on the Voidly Global Censorship Index. The current trend is stable — no significant change in block rates.
Q04

What 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.
Q05

How 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 2026-05-23.
Q06

How 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.
Q07

Can 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.
Q08

How 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.

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