"Kick's entry into Turkey was to attract Turkish youth to roulette" - Turkey has reportedly blocked access to Kick

The popular livestreaming platform Kick has reportedly been blocked in Turkey. The update comes from Turkish journalist Ibrahim Haskoloğlu. On February 13, 2024, Haskoloğlu took to X to claim that the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA), known as Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu (BTK) in Turkish, had launched an investigation against the Twitch competitor.

He wrote (Haskoloğlu's tweets have been translated from Turkish using Google Translate):

On February 21, 2024, Ibrahim Haskoloğlu reported that Turkey blocked access to the Stake-backed livestreaming platform. He tweeted:

Ibrahim Haskoloğlu's tweet on February 21, 2024, received over one million views and responses from more than 345 netizens. X user @ridvanyagli responded, writing that an "investigation phase is necessary" for Turkish streamers broadcasting on Kick:

Haskoloğlu replied, writing:

A few minutes later, @ridvanyagli responded, stating that Twitch's record "is not clean either." They added:

The news was also shared on the r/LivestreamFail subreddit, where Redditor u/Bugsie_Bunnie shared a screenshot of the message that appeared when trying to access the platform in Turkey:

Here's the message in Turkish:

Here's the English translation:

At the time of writing, Kick had not responded to Ibrahim Haskoloğlu's report. What they have to say about the situation remains to be seen.