‘Turkey blocks Google’s DNS servers following Twitter blockade’

Several Turkish internet users report that they can no longer access Twitter via Google’s DNS servers. Google’s dns servers are used to bypass Twitter’s recently set up blockade in Turkey.

The reports about the blockage of Google’s DNS servers were reported on Twitter itself, among other places posted. Incidentally, there are also users who indicate that the blockage was only for a short time. The Turkish government has not yet issued an official statement about the blocking of the DNS servers. Alternative DNS servers from other providers would still be reachable.

It is likely that the Turkish government blocked access to Google’s DNS servers because they were massively used to access Twitter. On Friday, a dns block for Twitter was set, which is therefore easy to circumvent. Besides another DNS server, it is also possible to access Twitter with VPN or by using Twitter’s SMS service. It is therefore unlikely that blocking Google’s DNS servers makes sense. It is also unclear why Turkey has not blocked the IP addresses of Twitter: then the workaround with another DNS server will no longer work.

It also appeared earlier that the blocking of Twitter made little sense: shortly after it was set up, it turned out that a record number of Tweets had been sent from Turkey. More than 2.5 million messages were said to have been posted by Turkish internet users on Friday.