See what will Happens When You Ban Twitter In The Whole Country

Even though Turkey's Twitter was disabled, the hashtag #TwitterisblockedinTurkey went viral as Twitter is still accessible via the site's SMS service, which allows Turks to text in a tweet.



From across the world last night, thousands of Twitter users dispatched outraged – sometimes hilarious – updates and photos touching upon feelings of dismay, humor and resignation.

 

Interestingly, Erdogan, who doesn't follow anyone, has amassed 4.17 million Twitter followers and unleashed 3,043 tweets, the Washington Post reports.


Erdogan's showdown with Twitter has been long coming. In mid-2013, thousands of protests ripped across Turkey ostensibly in opposition to a proposed urban development of Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park.

As in other countries, social media played a major role in the protests, which included as many as 3.5 million people in a nation of 81 million.

Erdogan was outraged and called all social media the "worst menace to society".

 


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