Censorship Monitor · Turkey Last test 17 Oct 2026, 01:17 UTC

Is Discord banned in Turkey?

Yes. Discord has been blocked in Turkey since October 2024 under an Ankara court order, and no decision lifting it had been published by October 2026.

Today’s test · discord.com

Blocked

discord.com fails to open on Türk Telekom and Turkcell Superonline, twice, while it opens from other countries.

Last confirmed: 16 Oct 2026, 18:46 UTC
Seen in our tests since: 1 Oct 2026 (may be older)
How it fails: The connection is refused
Tested on: Türk Telekom and Turkcell Superonline

Blocked
Blocked on some networks
Turned away by the site
Opens
Not monitored

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The official status

Discord in Turkey

An Ankara criminal court ordered Discord blocked on 8 October 2024, at prosecutors’ request, over suspected child sexual abuse and obscenity offences by some users. The order was announced the next day, amid outrage over a double murder in Istanbul that some Discord users praised.

Turkey’s transport minister also said Discord had refused to share user data, such as IP addresses, with Turkish security units.

In June 2026 the minister said Discord had largely met Turkey’s demands to remove content and would “probably” reopen after some time, but no date was given and no decision lifting the block has been published.

What our daily test shows

The court order covers every internet provider in Turkey, and an independent test on Turkcell Superonline on 7 October 2026 found Discord blocked there too. One of our test machines on that network gets through anyway, most likely through a VPN or a filter-dodging tool, so whenever the rest of Turkey is blocked we count Superonline as blocking.

Get past a block

How to use Discord in Turkey

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Around the world

Where else is Discord blocked?

Discord is also blocked in 3 other countries we test.

It opens in 20 of the 23 other countries with a current result.

Turkey

What else is blocked in Turkey?

7 of the other 65 sites and apps we test are blocked in Turkey.

ExpressVPN
Grindr
NordVPN
Proton VPN
Psiphon
Roblox
Surfshark

History

Changes for Discord in Turkey

No confirmed changes since monitoring began on 29 Sep 2026. When a block appears or lifts, and a re-check on several machines agrees, it shows up here.

Method

How we test

Every day, test machines on Türk Telekom and Turkcell Superonline home connections open discord.com.
A failure counts only when it happens twice on the same network, while the site opens from other countries.
A change is published only after re-checks a few hours later and again the next day, on several machines per provider, confirm it. It’s dated from the first sighting.
Test machines caught getting around blocks, through a VPN or a filter-dodging tool, are set aside.
We test the website over home broadband. The app, calls and mobile networks can behave differently.

Questions

Discord in Turkey: questions

Does Discord Work in Turkey?

No. Discord has been blocked in Turkey since October 2024 under an Ankara court order, and no decision lifting it had been published by October 2026.