It seems that Turkey has blocked access for it’s citizens to Youtube (again).

As with the block on the 7th of March, it looks like it could be Greek/Turkish trolls getting into a flamewar which has caused the Turkish courts to mandate a block.

The Turkish courts do not seem aware of internet trolls and how you are not supposed to feed them.

In Turkey itself, making fun of the state is a criminal offence and can be punished by imprisonment.

Apparently, the block is being actuated by Turkish ISPs using DNS to send an alternate landing page. Until the block is lifted, the Turkish people will be having to utilise proxies outside the country or possibly making a connection by one of the head-end youtube IP addresses.

Thankfully the Turkish ISPs have better prudence than to use the blocking methods of the Pakistan ISPs which broke the DNS trust model and severed youtube access for many other countries for several hours.

The last ban was lifted after 3 days when youtube contacted the Turkish courts with proof that the alleged offending video had been removed.