Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake
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#2just incredible... That's one of the very few platforms where people organise help, and share locations of where help is needed.
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#3just incredible... That's one of the very few platforms where people organise help, and share locations of where help is needed.
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#4Elections are around the corner, and Erdogan's approval ratings have been dropping even before the earthquake. Just saying...
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#5In the case of protests etc I'd understand the goal behind it from certain actors involved, but why in this case?
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#6In the case of protests etc I'd understand the goal behind it from certain actors involved, but why in this case?
I'm not up to date on how the Turkish government is handling this but I'm willing to bet it has something to do with how they're not doing a great job at proving aid to the affected region, and they're trying to contain that information to save face.
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#7This is so sad because twitter is still mainly used by people to help each other, e.g. to tell where help is needed or who can help.
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#8Elections are around the corner, and Erdogan's approval ratings have been dropping even before the earthquake. Just saying...
Things might get even hairier given the elections and the popularity drop due to both politics and the earthquake.
It’s possible that a state of emergency on account of the earthquake will postpone the elections.
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#9In the case of protests etc I'd understand the goal behind it from certain actors involved, but why in this case?
I'm not up to date on how the Turkish government is handling this but I'm willing to bet it has something to do with how they're not doing a great job at proving aid to the affected region, and they're trying to contain that information to save face.
Reading a bit it seems to be potentially that the recommendations after the last big quake haven't been followed up properly. So basically stronger building requirements, with government validation was the plan; in reality not done (properly) and "checked" by paid companies.
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