Turkish citizens are flocking en masse to the TOR network in an effort to continue having unfettered access to the internet. The Turkish authorities have now closed the loophole that consisted of using the Google DNS service (8.8 and 8.4.4) This had allowed a continued access to Twitter despite the Turkish governments efforts to block the popular micro blogging service. The EFF is providing a mirror where the TOR bundle can be downloaded, as well as an informative article: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/when-tor-block-not-tor”]
Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/2014/03/growing-onions-tor-usage-rising-in-turkey/