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Turkey PM Acts On His Threat To "Destroy Twitter", Blocks Countrywide Access
When we reported early yesterday that Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan warned that since Twitter had ignored court orders to remove content related to a government corruption scandal., that he would "destroy Twitter" and that "we'll dig up Twitter - all of them - from the roots," he raged, "they'll see the power of the Republic of Turkey" it may not have been quite clear what he meant. A few hours later it was revealed, when virtually all Twitter access was blocked in Turkey ten days ahead of the general election in a move that has already enraged the nation and resulted in a powerful public outcry.
Bloomberg reports that the "tweets targeted by the premier are from two anonymous users: one going by the name of Haramzadeler, a phrase translated by Turkish media as “Sons of Thieves” though it could also mean “bastard,” and another called Bascalan, or "Prime Thief." The person or persons have been leaking documents and audio files, some described as the results of a 15-month prosecutor-led investigation into corruption in Erdogan’s government. The leaks have captured the attention of Turkey’s 74 million citizens as the prime minister prepares for local elections on March 30. Zero Hedge reported on the leaks one month ago, which revealed that the PM and his sons were scrambling to hide their stolen money from the local prosecution during an anti-corruption raid in late 2013.
The leaks also call into question everything from the financial probity of ministers to their religious piety, and provide evidence of a media browbeaten by the government. That’s enlivened the opposition and put Erdogan on the defensive amid public allegations of graft involving the premier’s family and businessmen who’ve profited during his 11 years in power.
Turkey’s Information Technology and Telecommunications Board, or BTK, said Twitter had been blocked upon “complaints from our citizens” and “violations of personal rights and privacy,” according to a statement on its website today.
“The Internet site called Twitter has ignored decisions made by the courts of the Republic of Turkey,” the board said in the statement. “Left with no other choice to prevent the incompensable victimization of our citizens, a preventive measure blocking access to Twitter has been imposed in line with court decisions.”
Of course, the sheer idiocy of hoping to spread information by blocking one medium needs no commentary. What is worse for the embattled corrupt PM, however, is that worse revelations are coming.
Local media has reported that the most damaging leaks were yet to come. In a column in Yeni Safak newspaper yesterday, Hayrettin Karaman, a retired professor of Islamic law, pre-emptively denied the validity of a tape he said would be aired, showing him advising Erdogan on whether Islam would permit him to order the killing of politician Muhsin Yazicioglu, who died in a helicopter crash on March 25, 2009.
Yesterday, a prominent Turkish news anchorwoman denied rumors of a sexual affair with the prime minister. The pro-government media had been warning this week that new leaks would use “Hollywood” technology including silicon masks to make actors look like recognizable Turkish personalities.
While the original investigation stalled after prosecutors were removed, laws changed and thousands of police officers transferred, some of the files leaked from “Haramzadeler” have been incorporated into parliamentary record by the opposition.
As for the explanations from Erdogan, they have long since moved beyond the merely ridiculous:
Speaking across Turkey, Erdogan has dismissed one recording as a “montage,” described another as “natural” and said the entire investigation is backed by “foreign powers” and spearheaded by followers of a U.S.-based Islamic cleric, Fethullah Gulen. The latter has denied the allegations.
Regardless, the leaks are set to go on.
In a message on Twitter on March 19, “Haramzadeler” promised the leaks would continue until municipal elections and beyond.
“These publications will continue not just until March 30, but until Turkey sees the whole truth,” according to the post.
And since Turkey will certainly not stop at just Twitter, here is what is coming next: "Last week, Erdogan said the country could also block Facebook and YouTube." One wonders how long until other despotic regimes - the Eurozone comes to mind - encourage Erdogan and decide to adopt some of his more radical measures.
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All in the name of protecting the people.
Tip: DNS : 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
circumvent the restrictions :)
It's all about the peeps.
Twitter....scorned by despots everywhere.
Nice DNS tip......check with China....they got tons of them.
In other news, the average IQ of Turkey suddenly jumped up by 20 points ...
Advisors in discussions regarding banning of TV to protect public's mental health ...
If he shuts down FB his fate is sealed.
Genius strategy that will encourage young people to show up at the polls in droves! Very, very clever Mr. Turkey!
Turkish .gov says Twatter is banned. That must mean nodbody in Turkey can use Twatter?
Right?
Right?
"But, they . . .they could turn off the 'lectricity. Then there would never be any twitter again. All the government needs to do to save itself is turn off the 'lectricity."
Take over the TV stations.....probably next. That would be the logical progression.
He'd be doing them a favour.
I love that blob of coloured lights and electronics that is called a TV. It is a wonderful invention. I am not a fan of the shows that appear on it.
this payback for the oil/gold deals with iran?
Turkey, Iran to boost ties after nuclear deal
"Turkey and Iran are set to boost their economic ties following a recent nuclear deal between world powers and Tehran that led to a partial lifting of sanctions on the country."
"An Iranian delegation will visit Turkey in the near future for discussions on trade issues, while Trade Minister Zafer Çaglayan will hold talks in Tehran on Jan. 15-16, 2014, Iranian Ambassador to Ankara Alireza Bikdeli said yesterday at a gathering with members of the Diplomacy Correspondents’ Association (DMD),"
"The trade of precious metals, particularly gold, between Turkey and Iran will restart, but the amount of commerce will not reach the figures of 2012 because those numbers were abnormally large due to problems with money transfers stemming from sanctions, Bikdeli said."
‘Turkey in talks with Iran for Europe gas delivery’
"Turkey has started talks with Iran with a view to striking a deal for the construction of a gas pipeline that would carry natural gas from Iran to Europe via Turkey, a Turkish paper reports."
"Iran owns the world’s largest natural gas reserves after Russia, and is also Turkey’s second biggest gas supplier after Russia."
Turkey's Erdogan visits Iran to improve ties after split over Syria
"Erdogan signed three trade deals on Wednesday before leaving Tehran to fly home, Iranian state television said."
"'I would like to mention specifically, and to express my satisfaction with, the agreement we signed in the preferential trade field,' he said. 'It is obvious that we import from Iran crude oil and gas, which are strategic energy sources, and we (will be) able to increase the volume of these imports.'"
"'We hope the process will be finalized with an agreement that will ensure the removal of all sanctions on Iran. Turkey has so far done its best in that regard and will continue to do so,' Erdogan told reporters in Ankara before he flew to Tehran."
The Argument that Fukushima Was Sabotaged
"Former NSA analyst, Jim Stone, argues that...the Fukushima explosion and meltdown was caused by mini-nukes hidden in cameras installed by an Israeli security firm. The motive: punish Japan for offering to enrich Iranian uranium... ."
Japan ready to supply enriched uranium to Iran - paper
"Japan has offered to provide Iran with enriched uranium to ease international concerns over the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program, the Japanese Nikkei daily reported on Wednesday."
Report: Japan offers to enrich uranium for Iran
"The Nikkei daily, without citing sources, reported that the proposal for Japan to enrich uranium for Iran was floated in December, with US approval, when Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili visited Tokyo."
Israeli firm’s cameras recording Japanese nuclear core
"Security cameras installed by Israeli defense company at Fukushima plant have ability to detect presence of radioactive clouds in air."
"The Arava-based Magna BSP company, which specializes in producing and installing stereoscopic sensory and thermal imaging cameras, had been contracted to place cameras around one of the plant’s six cores – the core that has been experiencing explosions and overheating."
He was hoping to ban YouTube and get a 60% increase in national productivity but was not allowed to due to a bunch of foreigners with American accents threatening nuclear annihilation. They called themselves Al SECda or Al NSAda or something ...
It's amazing what dumb twits our "leaders" are.
Next they will have to block twitterproxy.net , and then .. and then ..
Send him.. THE HILLARY!!
Public outcry against the use of The Hillary has reached worldwide-proportions and is likely to be banned by UN treaty soon. Besides we don't need to resort to such weapons of mass destruction for this small-fry. NSA and CIA have this situation WELL in hand.
This move should work wonders for getting the youth vote out...
What he really needs to do is ban the words: Corrupt Motherfucker
Per INGSOC
'...ban the words...'
LOL
Do not switch your DNS to 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 if you are doing anything illegal, suspicious, or even remotely frowned-upon. Those are run by Google which tracks your IP, ISP, and location information when you use their DNS service and will hand your information over to your local law-enforcement or security agency upon demand. You can bet the NSA has access to all queries run on the Google DNS servers, cross-referenced by originating IP address; if you're in Turkey, you probably don't care if the NSA knows this, but you ought to worry about your own government requesting the information from Google. Find an offshore DNS server run by someone you trust, but don't trust Google.
Why are you sending people straight to the NSA gatekeeper for DNS?
Edit: Tele-something beat me to it. Damn you Tele-something.
Cold turkey for twitters now
last nite I was singing this sooong
Turkey Turkey Tweet tweet
Turkey Turkey Tweet tweet
Mama's and papas
ban it everywhere...it's nothing but an nsa co-opted spy program
it's also another way to shove ads in your face...which never ends
lol'ing, ps. haha tweet is up your twaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttt...
go long on walkie talkies
ugly day in store-so fuck the fucker fucking the fucked :))))))))))))))))))))))
Please block Fartbook overhere.
I propose national day of anarchy
We should all get realistic gun tattoos.......it would really freak the BATF out!
Give them to all our elementary age school children.....even better!
Great!
We'll create a 501(c)(3), get a Board of Directors, find spokesmen, get sponsorships, apply for permits to demonstrate.
Then, let the anarchy begin.
"One wonders how long until other despotic regimes - the Eurozone comes to mind - encourage Erdogan and decide to adopt some of his more radical measures."
seriously, Tyler? besides the fact that the eurozone is 18 countries sharing a currency, since when can it be deemed in any way as despotic? imho you lose quite a lot of credibility with phrases like that
When they want their money back?
When they want Ukraine...
How many Euro using nations had an chance to vote on whether to adopt this currency or not?
None of them.
Only Denmark and Sweden have held a referendum on adopting the Euro. In both countries the majority said No.
...................the rest of them got FCUKed. Oh look over there Ukraine got "Liberated"
Don't worry Ghordie, Erdogan just figured that if he acted all Germanic and grew a little moustache and ranted a lot he could avoid the 'Arab Spring'. And at the same time he's made blood curdling threats to Russia (which could get Turks vaporized) while having openly and flagrantly plundered Syria, through Turkish border crossings.
And what did Europe do or say? Well, they were mortified and outraged, of course, and did absolutely nothing about the man's despotic criminal actions and insane rhetoric. Meanwhile the US and EU trained and armed and provided political support to killers, to infiltrate and mass-murder the people of Syria. Then the Eurobot govts fell over themselves, at least initially, behind barry and cohen to bomb the shit out of what remained of Syria after the EU supported Saudi-Al-qaeda organ-eater brigades had carved their way into the suburbs for the preceding 2 years.
The blow-back is coming is all.
It reminds me of the Alan Parsons Project song lyrics, "The Boatman won't be waiting and he's leaving here with you.",
or was it this one;
Be objective mate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B8LEfXodzA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbq3KS6VA-M
Sounds like Spetznaz have some work to do in Turkey, once they finish up in Ukraine.
Unelected people making decisions that affect the peoples of 18 countries... sounds pretty despotic to me.
Soon, an entire subculture of underground tweet parties will form. Guys on the street will deal in black market tweets.
Seriously, who gives a shit. There are still 50,000 website/apps that can do the same thing. Even better actually, because the lack of character limits means you don't need to write like a fucking 11 year old girl.
Always love seeing a government thug get his comeuppance.
Fuck 'em.
BTW is this another CIA operation?
CIA might be involved...however this is a vendetta by the people giving the CIA their orders...mostly UK, Netherlands and Munich-based.
Mr. Turkey was their good friend, but didn't jump the required extra milimeters when ordered to.
You might assume this is about Syria, Russia or EU membership talks - but they planned on throwing him under the bus a long time ago.
They certainly plan to throw everyone under the bus when the time is right and the need arises. The plans are probably in place in a skeleton form before people like that guy even get into power.
It has to be, I mean the CIA must have forced him to do these things in the past and present.
i am turkey hear me roar.
Turkeys don't roar; they gobble.
IT'S CALLED A GOOGLE PLUS TAKEOVER!!!!
One of the many ironies of Satan is that he suffers no moral angst with turning on his own followers.
Apparently Erdogen is not only a lapdog of the west, but a very corrupt lapdog.
Forget Twitter, and come into my shop and look at the beautiful leather coats. I have one that you will love, good price, and here's some mint tea. You want a cigarette, here take one...
Erdogan has EU support too.... why are we always pick the wrong horse to bet on.... :-(
The fascist Erdogan cannot "destroy Twitter" as he thinks (and as some of us in the West might like ;-) )
What he's done is all he can do: block direct access to it inside Turkey.
I predict a rise in the use of Anonymous servers inside Turkey...
Muslims behaving badly...
Shocking.
Lots of it going around.
Divide and Rule alert!
Using Twitter for literate communication is about as likely as firing up a CB radio and hearing some guy recite ‘The Iliad.’
Bruce Sterling
The way I see it, this just goes to show how the elites are scared to death by the enlightening power of the internet. It's another battle in the war of us against them.
Yes, they are scared to death of reading "sry guys, no pics cuz ima draggin 2day." #soldoutshow #lifeishard #ticketsremainforstaplescentershowtonight -Miley Cyrus
Now we want to turn over the internet/ICANN to tinhorns like this?
#tyrant
If the people in Turkey knew about TOR (or any proxy service) this ignorant cunt would be as feckless as Obama.
How many TOR relays are NSA run ?
TOR is not secure,probably never was.
Change your DNS to 8.8.8.8
or
Install a virtual box, encrypt your hard drive, and use any VPN.
Either way will give those in Turkey access to twitter.
(or use TOR)
happy?
Good lord. What the Turkey leadership has just declared to it's people is, ' come now in your overwhelming numbers, we, who currently govern, are ready to be removed from power ' .
When they shut down the social networks, that is the peoples signal to charge. It's the trip switch for dealing with psychotic leadership. The leadership of course, in trying to pull the plug on freedom of communications, thinks it is an act of authoratitive superior control mechanism, in an attempt to stablise the perceived madness of the masses. What they don't realise is, it's the leadership themselves who are ill, unstable , unsound of mind, not the masses.
Good luck people of Turkey.
http://leaksource.info/2014/01/13/twister-decentralized-twitter-alternat...
Twister: Decentralized Twitter Alternative Built with Code from Bitcoin/BitTorrent, Lavabit Encryption Scheme, No IP RecordingMiguel Freitas, an engineer based in Rio de Janeiro, has started building a more secure and robust alternative to Twitter, making use of code from two other massively successful online projects: Bitcoin and BitTorrent.
His alternative is called Twister. It’s a decentralized social network that, in theory, can’t be shut down by any one entity. What’s more, Twister is designed to prevent other users from knowing whether you’re online, what your IP address is, or who you follow. You can still post public messages a la Twitter, but when you send direct and private messages to others, they’re protected with the same encryption scheme used by LavaBit, the e-mail provider used by Edward Snowdan.
Freitas and his collaborator Lucas Leal have completed a test version of the app that runs on Android, Linux, and OSX. Freitas has no plan to create a Windows or iPhone version, but since the code is open source, others are free to port the app to additional operating systems.
Other decentralized alternatives to Twitter and Facebook — such as Pump.io, Identica and Diaspora — require that you either operate your own dedicated server or trust someone else to run a server for you. Twister works more like peer-to-peer file sharing software: Launch the app, and it connects with other users. There’s no need for a central server.
It manages this trick through the bitcoin protocol, though not the network that actually drives the digital currency. Basically, the protocol handles user registration and logins. Just as machines — called miners — verify transactions over the bitcoin network to ensure no one double-spends bitcoins and everyone spends only their own coins, a network of Twister computers verifies that user names aren’t registered twice, and that posts attached to a particular user name are really coming from that user.
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The events that are unfolding in Turkey are directly related to what has happened in Egypt.
Edrogan would not support the military coup in Egypt and this is payback for not towing the line. They're clearly trying to discredit and destroy him prior to elections because he will not go along with the Saudi/Israel agenda to enslave the Egyptian people.
Just wait till what see what the glorius fuckheads at the UN try to do to the internet. The US can't get anything enforced that why LordFuckwad handed it over. Fuck these bastards raw!
Can the people on Zerohedge entertain the thought that there are forces at play trying to destablize the country?
Is it that difficult to fathom? I don't claim to know with certainty, but after having seen the events that transpired in Egypt (military coup), Libya (attempted coup), Ukraine (military coup) I wouldn't call it that far fetched that there are forces at work trying to destabilze the entire region.
The Tylers support anything with an anti-islamic agenda. They supported the overthrow of a democractically elected government in Egypt and automatically side with external intervention in Turkey's politics. Zerohedge is a great site, but call a spade a spade and atleast recognise what is happening.
Yes, there most certainly are forces at work destabilising other countries. You forgot to mention Syria in your piece which has certainly been a victim of such action.
Who is behind the destabilising actions? That's a variable mix of Western powers.
ISTM that any country which is not fully signed up to the aims of the American Empire is at risk. Its minions and allies play their parts as necessary.
I don't agree with your final paragraph.
"The Tylers support anything with an anti-islamic agenda. They supported the overthrow of a democractically elected government in Egypt and automatically side with external intervention in Turkey's politics."
Bullshit. You're running a little loose with the facts. The Tylers pointed out the hypocrisy of the west who was destabilizing said countries.
"I wouldn't call it that far fetched that there are forces at work trying to destabilze the entire region."
LOL, you're right-- it's called "Islam".
Islam: fucking up countries, cultures, and people for 1400 years! When you want it fucked up, and fast-- who ya gonna call??
ISLAM!
If you absolutely need death by the millions in the name of a silly book........CHRISTIANITY!
Because the crusades man, the crusades! Can you think of anything in like the last 4-5 centuries. Time is relative, but come on!
The United States has unofficially fought wars for Jesus for centuries. It is not on posters because of that funny separation of church and state thing. But it is sure as shit in the barracks and drilled into the heads of impressionable soldiers.
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The West wants to take down erdogan. He's ready to switch sides and join.... Dah Dah Dah... Russia!
http://thediplomat.com/2013/12/turkey-renews-plea-to-join-shanghai-coope...
Turkey is the next battle ground. Imagine a Turkey / Russia / Iran. A black sea and Caspian sea energy block.
Hey is this the same as Yahoo finance blocking strong sell or question Stress Test? Cold Turkey STRESS TEST...
stress the inability to kick the $hit out of people authorities that desperately deserve it
looks like new Maidan (from Kiev) is brewing in Ankara now
I grew up without internet and cellphones. Life was good.
I remember how deprived I felt when our family would go to our beach house and we'd go a WHOLE WEEKEND without a black and white TV. Now, most people don't even have a beach house, but they feel wealthy because they can watch color TV on their stupid phones. I miss those times.
At this point, what difference does it make and that was a long time ago.
Erdogan was done as a Western Stooge the second they pulled the plug on the Muslim Brotherhood Caliphate Comedy tour... That the military lets him stay in power is somewhat surprising considering the secular nature of the country and a good deal of people there too.
Either way he really only has 2 options which is hardcore Sharia Law or Russia in for the kicksave.
I don't think Russia is stupid enough to back this guy outright since he was part of the recently canceled Caliphate Comedy tour considering their history with muslim liver eaters and muslim malcontents in places like Chechnya for example. They benefit best by a secular regime in Turkey aligned with their interests or not.
This guy is done, this all just theater until election time there.
Jokes on me. I was going to make a comment about what a pissant country Turkey is, but was surprised to find it is twice the size and population of California (302,000 square miles, with a population of 75 million).
That's one big turkey!
Another enlightened moslem based gov't. This PM and his party should be buried in mass ....