Podcasts no longer downloading overseas

I am writing with a question about iTunes use in Turkey. I am an American
living abroad in Turkey and before December 2010 was downloading several
US-based podcasts via iTunes to listen to on my iPod touch. Since December,
however, many of the podcasts I listen to will not download anymore. Some of
the podcasts I can no longer download through iTunes are "Savage Love" and
"This American Life". Others, however, such as "The Moth" have continued to download without a problem.
This is not a problem unique to me or my computer or my version of iTunes
(which is the latest version). Several of my expatriate friends also used to
download podcasts via iTunes and since December have no longer been able to.
We have all searched Google for what the problem may be but not a single one
of us can find a solution.
I am wondering if you know why this has happened. It's not a problem with
the individual podcasts -- as I mentioned, there are several podcasts that
we can no longer download -- and I do think it is an iTunes issue. When I
attempt to restart downloading, for example "Savage Love", I get the error
message "err = -3259". However, the usual solutions to this type of problem
listed on your website -- updating to the latest version of iTunes (I have
already done this), and turning off the firewall (this doesn't help and in
any case is not a good long-term solution to have the firewall turned off)
-- do not solve this problem for any of us.
Has the download of podcasts in Turkey been banned for some reason that I am not aware of? Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

The cloud icon indicates it has not downloaded. Clicking the cloud icon will force it to download.
If the settings are set to download, then it should be doing that. It may help to unsubscribe and then subscribe to one or two of the affected podcasts to see if that forces the downloads. This should not be necessary though.

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