法律授权政府对互联网内容予以过滤，大量网站被屏蔽，原因包括助长毒品使用或援引刑法攻击阿塔图尔克（现代土耳其国父、土耳其民族英雄 ） 。
Legislation provides for mandatory filtering of content, and many Web sites have been blocked for reasons that range from facilitating the use of drugs or stimulants to offenses under the Law on Crimes against Atatürk (the founder of the modern Turkish state and Turkey’s national hero).