Twitter is gone. YouTube is gone. I am wondering how many more posts I will be able to get out before the death sentence is handed down on all social media applications. Facebook? Definitely. Google? Probably. WordPress? It has been blocked before so no doubt it will happen again. Why not just close down the internet? Even as I type this I realise that this is no doubt something that the Turkish Government has considered.
I have had a lot of emails and messages from friends and family worried about our welfare. I do not know what the news channels are telling you back home but Turkey is perfectly safe right now. Mersin is safe and we are still safe.
Will it be safe tomorrow?
I just don’t know. Council elections are expected to go ahead on Sunday and I think the outcome of those elections will bring much of what is going on here in Turkey to a head.
Also if you are interested in a little conspiracy theory with your breakfast go ahead and Google “Tomb of Suleyman Shah”. This should keep you occupied while you are eating your Corn Flakes.
So what do we do?
Get on with daily life. School, home, friends, family.
My thoughts?
Better to keep my trap shut!
We are watching history here folks. The destruction of a country that has been blessed with so much but thanks to the corruption of a few I expect many more lives will be put in peril.
Right now I can still blog. I can still get onto Facebook. My emails are working. I will continue to update the blog over the coming days so keep checking back for updates.
janeyinmersin 
Vote Janey!
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Love it! Yes vote Janey!!!
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As a naturalised Turk, I thought of running for Muhtar… that would cause some fun 🙂
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Thinking of you. Keep safe.
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read up on the torproject and then use the browser (free). or get a subscription to a vpn.
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Tor is blocked in Turkey now but a few of my friends have already got it – lucky buggers!
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for some reason there is a rumor going around that tor is blocked. but it isn’t. torproject.org is not blocked in turkey right now so you can download the browser bundle. there are also mirrors and other ways to get the browser. see:
http://www.dailydot.com/news/turkey-tor-download-ban/
once you have the browser you can circumvent all internet restrictions easily and keep yourself anonymous online.
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Wouldnt work on my laptop but I did get onto both youtube and twitter with hidemyass.
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I installed a VPN on our laptops so that my wife and I can still tweet and see YouTube. I’m sure Facebook is next.
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I knew youtube was going to go a few days ago as it started ‘playing up’, videos not loading – first thought it was just my internet but as everything else seemed to be working fine knew it was coming!! Also have today noticed that facebook is also ‘playing up’ – not long now! Sunday night is going to be a very interesting night!!
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Yes my Facebook had cut out twice so far. 24 hours 😦
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Wow! What do they have against social media, I wonder? I thought they only did this in North Korea.
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We recently got our Twitter back so yah. For me blocking social media or the internet in general is the 21st century equivalent of book burning.
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