Thursday evening, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shut down Twitter as a result of a scandal involving recordings that allegedly reveal corruption in his administration, which was made public and exacerbated though social media.
It’s a shame that Erdogan and his posse thought that banning Twitter would put the kibosh on continued public scrutiny because his actions just triggered a very angry reaction the world over. We happen to hate politician bullies that attempt to take away the voice of the people. So in the interim, while the Turkish people fight their battle, we as a global society have their back and we’ll fight to the Twitter death…
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@alauraschneider: Looking at the reactions that #TwitterisblockedinTurkey is causing, Erdogan will have to care about what the int. community says quite soon.
@pharzan: Why are these politicians so stupid? Lets not forget the ellections are just around the corner! #
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@yuruyensakalli: We’re here, we’re resisting. You must refuse the request of the Turkish government.
@jack #
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@gemmedgem: #
TwitterisblockedinTurkey we are with you from #UAE #Philippines witn love. Let FREEDOM of EXPRESSION reign!
@ngendapatrick By blocking Twitter, Erdogan showed his true face. A ruthless dictator afraid of netizens’ opinions. Shame!
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@EdoardoMartino: #TurkeyBlockedTwitter. #Erdogan is a obtuse tyrant. #
TwitterisblockedinTurkey but the whole world will react. #Turkey deserves freedom!
Allen Tom @allentom Wasn’t Istanbul a serious contender for the 2020 Olympics bid.. ?#
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JP @mrjppc: That awesome moment when you realize governments consider 140 character ideas a threat to their power. #
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@merichai: I was planning to go to Turkey for vacation but then twitter got banned there! #
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@msmitka: Most ppl want 2 eradicate disease & famine. Not Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He wants to wipe out Twitter. #
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Varun Pramanik @varunpramanik: I mean, get real Erdogan. Did you really think trying to staunch the flow of free speech would work in 2014? #
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@PaulbernalUK: I do hope would-be censors all around the world are watching how the Twitter-ban in Turkey is panning out… #
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