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List of websites blocked by Turkish Telekom

or how Turkey disgraces herself
(in no specific order)
  • Eksi Sozluk: Several times. Nov 2004, Dec 2005, Feb 2006, May 2006.
  • Mega Upload: Twice. May 2006, Sep 2007.
  • WordPress: Once, for more than 3 months, from 18 Aug 2007 to Nov 2007. Exact end date is not known due to incompetency of TT engineers.
    Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/195 of T.C. Fatih 2.civil court of first instance.
  • YouTube: Several times. Mar 2007, May 2007, Jul 2007, Sep 2007, Jan 2008, Mar 2008.
    Access to www.youtube.com site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/384 dated 06.03.2007 of Istanbul first criminal peace court.
    Access to this web site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2008/55 of T.R. Ankara 12th criminal court of peace.
    Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision 2007/386 dated 06.03.2007 of first criminal peace court.
    Access to this web site is banned by "TELEKOMÜNIKASYON ILETISIM BASKANLIGI" according to the order of: ANKARA 1. SULH CEZA MAHKEMESI, 12/03/2008 of 2008/251.
  • Antaloji.com: Once. Apr 2007.
  • Ateizm.org: Twice. Jun 2007, Dec 2007.
  • DivxPlanet: Three times. May 2006, Mar 2007, Aug 2007.
    Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/195 of T.C. Fatih 2.civil court of First Instance.
  • Devletim.com.tr: Once. Nov 2007 - Mar 2008
    Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/261190 of Telekomünikasyon Iletisim Baskanligi by 23-11-2007.
  • YouPorn: Once. Nov 2007 - Mar 2008.
    Access to this web site is banned according to the order of: T.C ESKISEHIR 2.SULH CEZA MAHKEMESI, 23-11-2007 of 2007/1705.
  • Forum Efsane: Once. Dec 2007 - Mar 2008.
    Access to this web site is banned according to the order of: ISTANBUL 1.SULH CEZA MAHKEMESI, 04/12/2007 of 2007/1715.
  • TorrentTurk.com: Once. Dec 2007 - Mar 2008.
    Access to this web site is banned according to the order of: ISTANBUL 1.SULH CEZA MAHKEMESI, 04/12/2007 of 2007/1715.
  • GizliWeb: Once. Jan 2008.
  • Slide.com: Once. Jan 2008 - Mar 2008.
    Access to this web site is banned according to the order of: ÇIVRIL SULH CEZA MAHKEMESI, 24/01/2008 of 2008/22.
  • Tagged.com: Once. Jan 2008 - Mar 2008.
    Access to this web site is banned according to the order of: ÇIVRIL SULH CEZA MAHKEMESI, 24/01/2008 of 2008/22.
  • GeoCities: Once. Feb 2008.
  • Ali Baba: Once. Feb 2008 - Mar 2008.
  • IMBD: Once. Mar 2008. Serious note: Block attemped to IMDB.com, famous movie site, but due to a typo, imbd.com was blocked.
    Access to this web site is banned according to the order of: ISTANBUL 1.SULH CEZA MAHKEMESI, 04/12/2007 of 2007/1715.

Note: Blocks for items in square still active.

17 websites, 7 active blocks. Last update: 06/06/08 15:46:32 EDT

Report a blocked site or send a message regarding the list: timeflux AT gmail DOT com

Disclaimer: This list doesn't include all blocked websites.

NOT A SINGLE DAY GOES BY WITHOUT TURKISH TELEKOM BANNING A NEW WEBSITE AND THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR ME. THIS LIST IS STATIC, MEANING I HAVE TO OPEN THIS FILE VIA FTP, MODIFY THEN SAVE IT REMOTELY. EVERYDAY! OMG! FFS I CAN'T DO THAT EVERYDAY. I HAVE A LIFE. I'D RATHER GO AHEAD AND CREATE A FORM WHICH WOULD MAKE EVERYTHING EASIER. I KNOW. BUT THAT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE DAILY ATTENTION. OPEN THE FORM PAGE, FILL IN DETAILS, SUBMIT IT AND CHECK IF IT'S THERE. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BEFORE DOING ALL THESE I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THE SITE IS REALLY BANNED. I AM NOT IN TURKEY SO I HAVE TO CONNECT TO A SERVER WHICH IS PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN TURKEY. (YEAH I KNOW CHANGING DNS WOULD WORK BUT I WANT TO TEST MORE THAN DNS, LIKE OUTBOUND BLOCK IN FW LEVEL) THEN I HAVE TO TRY TO OPEN UP THE WEBSITE. SEE THE MESSAGE THERE WHICH SAYS THIS WEBSITE IS BANNED BY THE FUCKING TURKISH TELEKOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH BLAH BLAH. THEN COPY AND PASTE THAT MESSAGE, SUBMIT AND ALL. GOD, I GOT TIRED JUST BY WRITING THIS. IMAGINE ME TELLING YOU ALL THIS EVERYDAY. IT WOULD BE TERRIBLY ANNOYING RIGHT? INDEED IT WOULD. ANYWAY. I'M NOT GOING TO REMOVE ABOVE LIST EITHER OR MODIFY IT. IF FOR SOME REASON POLITICIANS IN TURKEY ASK THEMSELVES "WHAT IN THE GOOD OLD FUCKING EARTH WERE WE THINKING WHEN VOTING FOR THIS FUCKING BILL" AND DECIDE TO STOP THIS NONSENSE, THIS LIST WILL BE AN EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE ONCE IDIOTS.

How do we check if the domain is blocked (works on Windows and Linux):

$> nslookup
> set type=any
> server ttdns39.ttnet.net.tr
Default server: ttdns39.ttnet.net.tr
Address: 195.175.39.39#53
> www.slide.com
Server:         ttdns39.ttnet.net.tr
Address:        195.175.39.39#53

www.slide.com
        origin = ns.company.lan
        mail addr = hostmaster.company.com
        serial = 2004021100
        refresh = 28800
        retry = 7200
        expire = 864000
        minimum = 86400
www.slide.com   nameserver = ns.company.lan.
Name:   www.slide.com
Address: 88.255.41.21
www.slide.com   text = "This domain has been blocked by court decision"

> exit

The domain will point to 88.255.41.21 if the domain is blocked.