After DNS change fails, Turkish government steps up Twitter censorship
Found on Ars Technica on Sunday, 23 March 2014
That move, which used a change in the Domain Name Service hosted by network providers in Turkey, was quickly circumvented by Twitter users through the use of alternative DNS servers.
Immediately following the ban, Twitter usage in Turkey rose 138 percent.
The move has driven up the usage of VPN services and the Tor anonymizing network in Turkey. Telecomix has been providing a list of Tor gateways for Turkish users.
Downloads of VPN software have also exploded with VPN apps for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android becoming the most downloaded apps from their respective app stores in Turkey.
Censorship isn't as easy as it once was anymore. Erdoğan can say whatever he wants, but there's no smoke without a fire and with his actions he's only increasing the Streisand effect.