Twitter Banned in Turkey: Artists Respond to Erdogan Crackdown

Turkey has blocked access to Twitter after audio recordings and documents implicating Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in corruption were posted on the social network.

Twitter users inside Turkey have responded by posting pictures demonstrating ways to get around the ban, and artists around the world have rallied in support of the Turkish people.
See more at the hashtag #TwitterisblockedinTurkey

#twitterisbannedinTurkey RT @vinylBZ: Crazed!!! #Turkey #TurkeyBlockedTwitter pic.twitter.com/lEYJxberH6
— Capulcu Tonella (@diehimbeertonis) March 21, 2014

#Twitter-#Censorship #Turkey #Zensur #TÃ¼rkei #TwitterisblockedinTurkey http://t.co/q81Wc6zwOy via Klaus Stuttmann pic.twitter.com/Zm8cjeo21p
— Muschelschloss ðŸ’›ðŸ’ˆ'ver(w)irrtes' Blumenkind (@Muschelschloss) March 21, 2014

One year later, our comic becomes reality. #turkey #ErdoganBlocksTwitter pic.twitter.com/RtWrXPYd4r
— Fredo and Pid'jin (@pidjin) March 21, 2014

Turkeyâ€™s Prime Minister Blocks @Twitter But Users Fight Back http://t.co/XyTe0p8gmw pic.twitter.com/6Efi1cKB3Y
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) March 21, 2014

My heart goes out to the Turk twitter addicts as it has been arrested in turkey. Twitter in Turkije ==》 pic.twitter.com/Fxl7SPPuAC
— Mentalist Nuno Ⓜ (@NunoMentalist) March 21, 2014

Twitter in Turkey! - http://t.co/vMQgu2AVbL pic.twitter.com/TmUTupxbp3
— Best 404 pages! (@best404pages) March 20, 2014

Well that's backfiring. The whole world is watching, Turkey. #TwitterisblockedinTurkey pic.twitter.com/mexOESV7Qd
— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) March 21, 2014

Turkey's attempt to block Twitter is failing spectacularly http://t.co/SqCCMbTYNM pic.twitter.com/zZN6fjZ3VK
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) March 21, 2014

â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ everything â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ isâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ fine â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ love â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆ your â–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ government. #TwitterIsBlockedInTurkey
— Amnesty Hamburg (@AmnestyHamburg) March 21, 2014

#twitter blocked in #turkey tonight. folks are painting #google dns numbers onto the posters of the governing party. pic.twitter.com/9vQ7NTgotO
— Engin Onder (@enginonder) March 21, 2014

Share this picture if you think Turkey should unblock Twitter. #TurkeyBlockedTwitter #FreedomOfTweet pic.twitter.com/V7paSumK3Y
— Journalism Tools (@Journalism2ls) March 21, 2014

Erdogan banned twitter,bringing the Turkish democracy, one level lower ...today, we are all Turks! #eu #turkey pic.twitter.com/LotMZjQOhx
— Vassilis Karayiannis (@VKarayannis) March 21, 2014

"@abuel3nine: How to access twitter in turkey #TwitterblockedinTurkey pic.twitter.com/5t8lIryEWC"
Use http://t.co/fqpVkdH6X5
— Tamer (@TamerWasHere) March 21, 2014

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