Friday, August 02, 2013

Turkey’s Twitter 'Fenos' Work to Marginalize Critics - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Turkey’s Twitter 'Fenos'

By: Pinar Tremblay for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse Posted on August 1.

On July 25, Egyptian columnist Ghada Sharif penned a rather passionate column in support of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the deputy prime minister of Egypt. Her column drew a heated response in social and print media from Turkey’s pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) pundits, who expressed awe of Sharif for “seeking to be General Sisi’s fourth wife or concubine.”

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