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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Turkey is Suppressing a Disruptive Economy

Turkey is Suppressing a Disruptive Economy

by Benjy Cannon on June 11, 2013

Digital suppression is a tried and true political tactic of Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his “Justice and Development Party.” In that sense, it wasn’t surprising that Erdogan blamed Turkey’s latest rounds of protest on every embattled, authoritarian leaders’ favorite new culprit: social media (Ex: [1], [2], [3]).

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