Cyber critic Erkan Saka, who lectures at Istanbul?s Bilgi University, said the government isn?t strong enough to effectively shut down social media. But he warns this could go further.

?What I am more anxious about is that they might try to criminalize these circumvention practices,? he said.

Saka says people are becoming wary and self-censorship is an issue.

?It?s already a trend that I see,” he said. “More and more anonymous accounts (are being set up) on Twitter, instead of people using their real names because of possible intimidation.?