![]() ![]() “The choice is have Twitter throttled in its entirety or limit access to some tweets. “Did your brain fall out of your head, Yglesias?” Musk shot back. Musk wasn’t sitting down for this, and he let Yglesias have it. Now suddenly here you have Yglesias supposedly caring about what the Twitter Files might say. The thing that’s hilarious about this is that the left didn’t give a darn about how Twitter 1.0 was suppressing conservatives or the suppression of things like the Hunter Biden laptop, because it helped their side and their liberal narrative. The Turkish government asked Twitter to censor its opponents right before an election and complied - should generate some interesting Twitter Files reporting. You had some on the left like liberal columnist Matt “Matty” Yglesias taking a shot at Twitter and Elon Musk, for not standing up for free speech, even though Turkey doesn’t have the same guarantees that we have in this country. It’s an important question that is going to keep coming up, as not all laws are expansive as ours are supposed to be. the people trying to communicate potentially have nothing else, if the law then shuts you down. Now, you had a lot of people on both sides of the argument: that Twitter still shouldn’t comply, if they truly care about speech vs. So, Twitter either has to comply with the law or be booted altogether from the country. In Turkey, they don’t have the same laws as the United States when it comes to speech, and there’s more oppression of the media. Twitter announced, “In response to legal process and to ensure Twitter remains available to the people of Turkey, we have taken action to restrict access to some content in Turkey today.” We will know the answer soon on whether the people will vote Erdogan out.īut on the eve of the election, a big question has come out on Twitter regarding free speech. And if he loses, it’s another question entirely whether he’ll go away quietly.Įrdogan strengthened the power of the presidency and turned himself into a “strongman,” doing things like cracking down on independent media.īut inflation sits at 40 percent in Turkey, and people are struggling. Which means Erdo?an could still win this election outright. ![]() He has built up systems of cronyism and patronage that have benefited him and his allies - leaving him and the AKP exposed if out of power. ![]() And this is a leader who’s spent the past 20 years in power, and purged his perceived political opponents from government and judicial institutions. He retains a staunch base of supporters loyal to him and his Justice and Development Party (AKP). Erdo?an has built-in advantages, including control of the media and state resources. ryrr6nWfGv- Timur Kuran May 12, 2023Įven if he loses, that may not settle the question. Erdoğan just decreed that they will continue to get paid for two more years. Barring the unexpected, about 3000 Erdoğan-appointed administrators will be out of a job on Monday morning. ![]() So it’s preparing for the post-Erdoğan Era. Team Erdoğan sees the writing on the wall. He’s just authorized that 3,000 administrators get paid for the next two years, even though they will likely be out the door. How do we know that Erdogan thinks he might lose? Here’s a big clue. That would be a huge and positive change for Turkey. Some polls have had Kemal Kilicdaroglu ahead. Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who leads the Republican People’s Party, heads one of six parties that joined in opposition to Erdogan. Yet this time, he may be voted out, as we’ve previous reported, as some have said he’s in real trouble in this election from an opponent. Turkey is holding a historic election on Sunday.įor 20 years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held power in Turkey. ![]()
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