You may have seen the recent news that Turkey is in turmoil following a uation in by activists to protect one of the last public parks in Istanbul to be demolished.
peaceful sit-in outside Gezi Park, near Taksim Square in Istanbul escalated to a violent confrontation between police and protesters. Police used tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the crowd, while protesters responded by setting up barricades and throwing bottles. According to the Turkish Medical Association, 3,195 people were injured, 26 were in serious or critical condition, and there was a death.
During and after the event, Turkish citizens publicized and shared their experiences eyewitnesses mages via Twitter, Facebook and other social media channels. In response, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called social media (specifically referring to Twitter) "The worst menace to society."
For a variety of reasons-government reports censor Twitter and Facebook, the need to protect their privacy or to the US and EU servers access to the road around local Internet slowdowns the Turkish mobile Internet users have turned to the VPN software such as Hotspot Shield in record numbers. Normally, Hotspot Shield receives about 10,000 new users in Turkey on an average day - but we have seen a tenfold increase on Saturday. During the event weekend, as word spread, more than 0,000 people in Turkey downloaded Hotspot Shield, a large number on their mobile devices. Accordingly, Hotspot Shield briefly jumped to the # 1 most downloaded iPhone app in Turkey. We were pleased that our product has been used to help support the people's voice.
On behalf of Hotspot Shield, we want to thank all those who use Hotspot Shield to share information worldwide. Please continue to tell your family and friends to use Hotspot Shield to help spread democracy and freedom on the Internet
For more coverage on Hotspot Shield and protest Turkey, see the articles below:
Hotspot shield Experience 1000% Surge growth in the wake of recent Turkish Unrest
VPN mobile downloads Spike in Turkey amid anti-government protests
Turkish demonstrators using encryption software on Evade Censors
the Turkish users sneak censoring Facebook, Twitter
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