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Twitter war: Ankara mayor v. BBC
BBC reporters 'intimidated' by Turkey
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The mayor, a member of the ruling AK party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, began the Twitter campaign against Ms Girit on Sunday, accusing her of trying to undermine the Turkish economy in her reporting.
He urged his followers to denounce the BBC journalist by sending tweets to the newly-created hashtag, which could be roughly translated as "Don't be an agent on behalf of England Selin Girit".
This soon became one of the most popular Twitter topics in Turkey.
But it also angered many people across the country. They countered by using the hashtag "Melih Gokcek is a provocateur ", which quickly rose to become the country's number one trending theme.
The mayor is now threatening to sue every user tweeting with the hashtag.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23036924
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The mayor, a member of the ruling AK party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, began the Twitter campaign against Ms Girit on Sunday, accusing her of trying to undermine the Turkish economy in her reporting.
He urged his followers to denounce the BBC journalist by sending tweets to the newly-created hashtag, which could be roughly translated as "Don't be an agent on behalf of England Selin Girit".
This soon became one of the most popular Twitter topics in Turkey.
But it also angered many people across the country. They countered by using the hashtag "Melih Gokcek is a provocateur ", which quickly rose to become the country's number one trending theme.
The mayor is now threatening to sue every user tweeting with the hashtag.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23036924
This has seemed to be the kneejerk reaction of the Turkish authorities - blame someone foreign for the problems inside the country. As Samuel Johnson said, "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
