The vid below is supposedly showing a part of a protest on July 13.
Christine Mosher writing at PCDN:
... Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration has employed a variety of assaults on media freedoms in Turkey since the protests began on May 31. In one case, legislation was adopted to restrict the use of social media, resulting in the arrest of 29 people for “inciting riots” using social networking sites.
The Turkish government then reached out to Twitter to request that the network be more accessible by setting up an office inside the country, a step that also might make it easier for officials to exert control. Erdogan himself made several sneering comments about social media, calling it “a menace to society” and describing Twitter as a "scourge." Finally, Erdogan’s administration made several public statements saying officials were coordinating with Facebook. Facebook responded swiftly, denying the claim and stating that the network had not provided any user data to the Turkish authorities.
Ironically, Erdogan is an avid user of Twitter, with more than 3 million followers. One of his party allies, the mayor of the capital Ankara, Melih Gokcek, has written more than 40,000 tweets and has upwards of 750,000 followers. The administration also used the same online platforms that it was criticizing to discredit journalists who reported from the protests in Istanbul....
Anna Woods writing at SESTurkiye:
... While Turkey has long been a country that actively utilises social media -- it is currently ranked seventh globally in the number of Facebook users and Istanbul is the sixth most tweeting city -- usage expanded even by domestic standards. The national daily Radikal reported that at the outset of the protests, on May 29th, there were approximately 1.8 million active users on Twitter. By June 10th, that number had reached 9.5 million.......
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