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The answer to this question is controversial at best. I have made a numerous inquiries to many companies in communications sector as well as the Institute of Information Technologies and Communication  of the Republic of Turkey. There are two scenarios, which may be speculations, to what really lies beneath.

Scenario One: You Tube Incident

The government is trying to stop all possible access from high to low levels to this service. They claim righteousness based on a number of civil court decisions. We all know that no matter what the cause may be, people have the right and should have the power to decide what is good for them, not some institution.

Scenario Two: Google’s Untaxed Income from Turkey

Some of the services provided such as Google Apps Premium Edition and Google AdSense are paid services. While the charges for these services per user are not high (most of which are dependant on the budget of the users), when they sum up Google has revenues in excess of 100 million dollars in the Turkish market. It might not be fair to say “in” Turkish market, but “from.” Since Google uses their own online payment system, this money paid by the customers are mostly unregistered to the finance system of Turkey. The money is going out of the country, untaxed, and the Ministry of Finance is not able to charge any form of tax to Google since the base of operations is not in the borders of Turkey.

But what do the officials say?

The institution has replied to my email saying that they have not blocked any of the services other than the You Tube, and that it is not their responsibility but Google’s for the continuance of their services. They are siting a numerous press releases and court orders supporting their actions.

Evidence to the contrary

For the end users, in the end, it doesn’t really matter what the cause is, but the result; people are obstructed from using these services. It can only be described as, because all would agree with me that there are ways to overcome such obstructions. If one is eager and willing to acquire information, the hands of the authorities are bound, and can only create temporary resolutions. Soon the blogs and websites will be filled with information on how to connect to such services, a couple of which I have mentioned on my previous post.

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