Platfrom X suspends the opposition party accounts in Türkiye

He bought Elon Musk Twitter (then renamed X) with a promise that it would be the paradise of freedom of expression. It turns out in practice, and this means that you can say your favorite insults, but you cannot protest the government. In the wake of the arrest of the main political opponent of Turkey, Tayeb Erdogan, the demonstrators moved to the streets and to social media to protest against political action. According to PoliticoSome of those who moved to talk against the government have been suspended on X.

per Politico report,, “Activists related to university activists” that share protest information, including times and sites for other students and activists who may want to participate were the basic goals of comment. Most accounts are described as “base activists” with relatively small followers, usually in tens of thousands.

In some cases, these accounts appear to have been suspended in Türkiye – where their information is more relevant – and not in the rest of the world. One of the activists, ömer Faruk Aslan, created a second account to avoid local censorship, and Claim His primary account was suspended after one of his posts exceeded six million views on the platform.

The ruling government in Türkiye, led by Erdogan – claimed that suspended accounts are linked to “incitement to hate”. (It should be noted that the public demonstrations against Erdogan occurred the government that issued a A multi -day ban on protests.) The Minister of Interior in Türkiye, Ali Yerlikaya Claim The authorities have identified 326 accounts on removal, including 72 believed to be operated outside Türkiye. He also said that 54 “suspects” had been arrested because of their social media activity.

Turkey’s campaign against activists is not necessarily on Musk or X (although we do not know whether the company has surrendered any user data to the government). But the campaign against the platform is certainly the company has a hand. In fact, he was fully prepared to bend the will of Erdogan’s government when asked.

In 2023, since Türkiye is about to hold presidential elections, Erdogan threatened to strangle x if the company did not comply with government requests to download jobs and accounts that they want to remove. Musk and x. exposureWith musk Thinking“The option is to suffocate Twitter in its entirety or reduce access to some tweets. Which one does you want?” (The answer to this, if you are “absolutely protected by freedom of expression”, it is likely that the first, refuses to surrender to the demand for censorship and let the chips fall where. Transparency report.

Mathematics is not very difficult for Erdogan. Ask and you will likely receive.