Not to defend Turkey here but other Western style democracies can be just as boneheaded when dealing with technology. For a long time France was notorious about

Not to defend Turkey here but other Western style democracies can be just as boneheaded when dealing with technology. For a long time France was notorious about restrictions on the use of cryptography. It is a natural tendency of governments to try to control the flow of information, the commercial landscape for ISPs in Turkey probably contributes to the current predicament more than the political climate.