The government of Turkey has blocked WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Skype, Instagram, and others social services. It was confirmed by Internet monitoring company TurkeyBlocks.
Alp Toker , founder of TurkeyBlocks , confirmed that it is the first time personal messaging services WhatsApp and Skype have been blocked.
The shutdown is related to the arrest of multiple leaders of the opposition party to president Erdoğan’s right-wing government.
Turkey has been plagued by Internet shutdowns in recent weeks. Millions were cut off in the southeast, a move which TurkeyBlocks claimed
“prevent[ed] the supply of medical supplies to patients and crippl[ed] infrastructure.”
According to the monitors,
“social media throttling has been implemented frequently following national emergencies like terror attacks to censor media coverage and permit the authorities a degree of control over narrative.”
Millions of social media users suffer from these restrictions.
The only reliable solution to avoid filtering is using a VPN – virtual private network.
VPN masks your IP Address and makes you free and secure in the Internet.
All you need to access blocked sites is:
- Get VPN
- Setup VPN Connection
- Open any blocked site.
You can use VPN on any device with Mac OS, iOS, Android, Windows, etc.
How to unblock sites on Android?
To open blocked sites on your Android device you need to make a vpn connection. Follow instructions below.
- Click Settings icon
2. Select Wireless & Networks and tap on VPN
3. Tap Add VPN Network
4, Input connection name (Sahrzad VPN), select the type of your VPN connection – PPTP VPN, input VPN server address from your account data.Please be carefully – don’t use any additional symbols like spaces, http://, www, / …etc in the server address.
5.Input your Username and password that you received from VPN account service in e-mail.
6.Save it and tap Connect
For connection to vpn server:
- Select Home > Menu > Settings
- Tap Wireless & networks
- Tap VPN settings
- The VPN connections you have added are present in the list
- Tap the VPN you wish to connect to (Sahrzad VPN)
- A dialog box will open asking for your credentials, enter them and click connect
When you are connected to VPN, you will see an ongoing notification in the Status bar on your Android device. If you are disconnected, you will receive a notification and an option to go back to the VPN settings section.
Once you have created vpn connection you can switch it on and off on the main settings screen.
Under the VPN you can avoid all restrictions and unblock all sites in Turkey on your Android device without any limits. This is safe and secure.
How to unblock sites in Turkey on iOS?
To make a new vpn connection in your iOS device you need to do the next:
1. Go to Settings > General > VPN
2. Click Add VPN Configuration. Select L2TP VPN and click Back
3. Input you VPN account data – server, account and password. You get these data from Sahrzad service in the e-mail after ordering vpn. Fill the Secret field – secret (small letters)
4. Tap Done to save the settings.
Once you have created vpn connection you can switch it on and off on the main settings screen.
You can also use OpenVPN on your Android device.
Under the VPN you can access any site in Turkey on your iOS device without any restrictions. This is 100% safe and anonymous.
Here you can find vpn setup instructions for different operational systems: http://sahrzad.net/setup.php .
From: http://sahrzad.net/blog/facebook-twitter-youtube-whatsapp-blocked-turkey-unblock-today/