Comments on: Banned in Turkey http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/ Trini food enthusiast, traveling around the Caribbean, sharing my tales, meals and photos. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Turkey: Getting There « Lifespan of a Chennette http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1486 Turkey: Getting There « Lifespan of a Chennette Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:38:19 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1486 [...] I didn’t count on the Wordpress.com ban in Turkey, preventing me from expressing my frustration fresh off the press. [...] [...] I didn’t count on the Wordpress.com ban in Turkey, preventing me from expressing my frustration fresh off the press. [...]

]]> By: chennette http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1491 chennette Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:56:39 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1491 Hey, <b>titilayo</b> - I will be posting about Turkey once I leave. Between the meetings and the proxy-use it's a bit difficult from here. But I do keep trying to take photos. <b>clubsoda</b> - the wireless I have used in the 2 hotels here are configured normally it seems, so I get the banned message. Possibly, your being in Istanbul, you have more savvy IT hotel people who reconfigured their DNS servers, or use some different service. This is what you get when you try to load wordpress.com sites: <b>Site Kapatma Bu siteye eri?im mahkeme karar?yla engellenmi?tir. T.C. Fatih 2.Asliye Hukuk Mahkemesi 2007/195 Nolu Karar? gere?i bu siteye eri?im engellenmi?tir. Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/195 of T.C. Fatih 2.Civil Court of First Instance. </b> Hey, titilayo - I will be posting about Turkey once I leave. Between the meetings and the proxy-use it’s a bit difficult from here. But I do keep trying to take photos.

clubsoda - the wireless I have used in the 2 hotels here are configured normally it seems, so I get the banned message. Possibly, your being in Istanbul, you have more savvy IT hotel people who reconfigured their DNS servers, or use some different service. This is what you get when you try to load wordpress.com sites:

Site Kapatma
Bu siteye eri?im mahkeme karar?yla engellenmi?tir.

T.C. Fatih 2.Asliye Hukuk Mahkemesi 2007/195 Nolu Karar? gere?i bu siteye eri?im engellenmi?tir.

Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/195 of T.C. Fatih 2.Civil Court of First Instance.

]]> By: clubsodaandsalt http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1487 clubsodaandsalt Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:38:22 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1487 Heya, I'm actually in Turkey for work, and I'm able to access this (as well as my own).... maybe the hotel wireless somehow gets around the issue? Hmm. Heya,

I’m actually in Turkey for work, and I’m able to access this (as well as my own)…. maybe the hotel wireless somehow gets around the issue? Hmm.

]]> By: titilayo http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1488 titilayo Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:28:20 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1488 I was wondering who it was that had visited by blog from Turkey, and was excited when I realised that it was you. I'm looking forward to a post telling us what it's like -- Turkey is high on my list of dream destinations. I was wondering who it was that had visited by blog from Turkey, and was excited when I realised that it was you. I’m looking forward to a post telling us what it’s like — Turkey is high on my list of dream destinations.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Trinidad & Tobago: WordPress Woes http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1484 Global Voices Online » Trinidad & Tobago: WordPress Woes Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:30:12 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1484 [...] Lifespan of a Chennette is in Turkey without WordPress and compares herself to “that cat on the wall, in Antalya, sulking a bit…I had no intention of making any kind of political comment on Turkey, but this is frustrating.” Share This [...] [...] Lifespan of a Chennette is in Turkey without WordPress and compares herself to “that cat on the wall, in Antalya, sulking a bit…I had no intention of making any kind of political comment on Turkey, but this is frustrating.” Share This [...]

]]> By: chennette http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1482 chennette Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:39:46 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1482 Blogger is accessible. As is typepad and other blog domains. <a href="http://photomatt.net/2007/08/17/blocked-in-turkey/" rel="nofollow">Just wordpress.com...</a> Blogger is accessible. As is typepad and other blog domains. Just wordpress.com…

]]> By: Cynthia http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1490 Cynthia Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:03:56 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1490 Sorry to hear that. I wonder if it is the same for blogger also. I have a 2 Turkish bloggers blog that I vist and they are both on blogger. Sorry to hear that. I wonder if it is the same for blogger also. I have a 2 Turkish bloggers blog that I vist and they are both on blogger.

]]> By: chennette http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1489 chennette Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:53:44 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1489 <b>Mom</b> and <b>aka_lol</b> - <i>Tesekur Ederim</i> (Tesh e kur edereem) Turkey is indeed scenic, and tonight there were whirling dervishes and leaping, twirling dancers, and 3 types of bakalva-like sweets so sweet I think I've had my weekly quota. But back to work in the morning! Mom and aka_lol - Tesekur Ederim (Tesh e kur edereem)
Turkey is indeed scenic, and tonight there were whirling dervishes and leaping, twirling dancers, and 3 types of bakalva-like sweets so sweet I think I’ve had my weekly quota. But back to work in the morning!

]]> By: aka_lol http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1485 aka_lol Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:07:24 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1485 I have read may stories about Turkish prisons and baths. The main difference is one is more pleasant than the other. I like the pictures of Turkey very much and it is a scenic country. When you ban something it is craved even more. One exception is my blog :) I have read may stories about Turkish prisons and baths. The main difference is one is more pleasant than the other.

I like the pictures of Turkey very much and it is a scenic country.

When you ban something it is craved even more. One exception is my blog :)

]]> By: TriniMom http://chennette.net/2007/11/14/banned-in-turkey/#comment-1483 TriniMom Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:14:00 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=114#comment-1483 Assalaamu alaykum Enjoy your stay but when one thinks how close you are to so many relatives in neighbouring places one wonders.......you would have loved the sight seeing in Syria....... You needed to visit them ...ah well another time..... Take care and keep good............ Love your photos Wa alaykum assalaams Assalaamu alaykum
Enjoy your stay but when one thinks how close you are to so many relatives in neighbouring places one wonders…….you would have loved the sight seeing in Syria…….
You needed to visit them …ah well another time…..
Take care and keep good…………
Love your photos
Wa alaykum assalaams

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