Heard something about them blocking Wikipedia and arresting 4000 people...
For Bitcointalk members? Armageddon.
For people in Turkey? Wednesday.
Seriously, you can come here and ask simple question about any country. But dont expect simple and short answer. Turkey has mixed political system arift between Europe and Asia, religon and secularism, traditionalism and modernity. You wont find any simple answers in such places. Just more questions.
You really are right. I have not paid attention to this before, but life in Turkey is really difficult because of divergent views about everything.