Turkey Election
Plenty of social media coverage on this, for example: BBC News, Turkey decides on future with or without Erdogan. “Polls have closed in the most pivotal elections in Turkey’s...
Turkish Pop Star Sentenced
Reuters, Turkish pop star sentenced to 10 months in prison over religious schools remark, Anadolu reports, 3 May 2023 “The singer-songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was briefly...
Turkey Twitter
Ragip Soylu, Middle East Eye, Turkey elections: Thousands of Russian Twitter accounts reactivated in Turkish “Thousands of Russian- and Hungarian-speaking Twitter accounts have been reactivated as Turkish users weeks...
Uighur Bookshop & eBooks
Frankie Vetch, Coda, In Istanbul, the last Uyghur bookshops struggle to survive, 29 March 2023 “One Uyghur software developer, Memeteli Niyaz, has built a website that has around 3,000...
Turkey Tech Response to Quake
Fast Company, Here’s how the Turkish startup Jotform used its web form tools to help in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake “Beyond the minimal strain on servers, Cifikli...
Responses to ‘the new normal’ in Turkey
Social media responses to the post-earthquake contexts in Turkey are outlined in this article, which also discusses the popular Güldür Güldür Show: Arzu Geybullayeva, Global Voices, The new normal after...
Turkey Internet and Earthquake Responses
Channel News Asia, Turkish Internet bites back at state after deadly quake “Turkish officials learned that the hard way when grieving users began sharing old tweets and videos embarrassing...
Turkey social media and earthquake
Ece Toksabay and Ezgi Erkoyun, Reuters, Turkey arrests 78 over earthquake social media posts “Turkish police said they have arrested 78 people accused of creating fear and panic by...
Turkey-Syria Earthquake – update
15 homes, just three survivors – the community lost under one Turkish apartment block https://t.co/rkwxi3Tk6I— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) February 11, 2023 https://t.co/BHGXQfyK7ETurkey-Syria earthquake: Rebel leader in Idlib calls for...
Turkey and Syria Earthquake – update
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show Twitter has been restricted in #Turkey; the filtering is applied on major internet providers and comes as the public come to rely on...