Turkey Becomes The First Country To Ban Google's DNS

Renesys Internet Intelligence shows Twitter's IP addresses are now blocked from Istanbul. Renesys

Turkey Becomes First Country Ever To Ban Google DNS -- Today's Zaman

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, frustrated with Turkish Internet users' circumventing a ban that has blocked access to Twitter since early last Friday, has blocked access to public Domain Name System (DNS) servers provided by Google, making Turkey the first country ever to take such drastic measures to block access to a website.

Google DNS has been widely used by Twitter users to get on the micro-blogging site since the introduction of the ban three days ago. The ban came literally hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at a public rally in Bursa that he was determined to “root out Twitter,” where several users have posted leaked phone recordings and photographs that allegedly serve as proof of graft allegations leveled against his family and government by a public prosecutor in an investigation launched on Dec. 17.

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Update #1: Turkey blocks Google service used to sidestep Twitter ban -- RT
Update #2: After DNS change fails, Turkish government steps up Twitter censorship -- Ars Technica

My Comment: This is unprecedented .... it is also a clear sign that the Turkish government is worried about the forth coming elections.