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"Turkey controversially banned Twitter last week, but it looks like the social network could soon be freely accessible in the country again.\r\n\r\nThe AFP reports that a court has ordered the government to unblock the social network, though Hurriyet Daily News clarifies\u00A0that the decision is merely a stay of execution on the ban, which suggests that any unblocking could be temporary.\r\n\r\nThe ban was not initially successful, and only appeared to encourage Turks to flock to the microblogging site en masse using VPN software and Google DNS. However, reports suggest that activity has dropped by nearly 50 percent after\u00A0Turkey blocked off access via Google DNS, becoming the first country to do so in the process.\r\n\r\nThere were believed to be 10 million Twitter users in Turkey before this episode kicked off, it will be interesting to see if that number has increased and just how many of the new converts will stick around as/when/if it is back to being legitimate.\r\n\r\nRelated:\u00A0Turkish minister says Twitter was blocked for acting \u2018above the law\u2019 and ignoring court orders\r\n\r\nImage via Shutterstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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