He has launched a massive crackdown against followers of the self-exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Mr. Erdogan accuses of instigating the attempted overthrow. Turkey is pressing Twitter to silence journalists, and Twitter must resist more vigorously. Mr. Erdogan briefly banned Twitter in 2014 to block messages about a corruption scandal. But now Mr. Zeynalov has found that, at the behest of a Turkish court, Twitter has blocked his Turkish-language account inside Turkey. It should keep journalists’ accounts open and not become a tool of repression for Mr. Erdogan.

Source: Washington Post October 06, 2016 22:41 UTC