Turkish Website Blocking Statistics as of 01 January 2009

Since the Turkish Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publications came into force in November 2007, several websites were blocked by court orders and administrative blocking orders issued by the Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TIB). In terms of statistics, it was revealed by TIB that as of 01 January, 2009, 1475 websites are blocked in Turkey (compared to 1310 on 01 December, 2008, 1187 on 01 November, 2008, and 1115 on 01 October, 2008) under the provisions of Law No. 5651.