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Yet, VPN usage remains high as mass demonstrations continue.
Also, in 2023, citizens increasingly turned to Proton VPN.
Demonstrators protesting against the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu block Atatürk Boulevard on March 22, 2025 in Ankara, Türkiye.
Specifically, their official websites are blocked in the country.
“I know people around me who are using Proton VPN without any issues,” he added.
Korkut, who closely tracked these blocks from the beginning, has counted 309 X accounts blocked so far.
Experts at Proton have recorded a spike in VPN sign-ups following the arrest of Erdogan’s main political rival andreports of social media blocks.