Why the Turks took to Twitter
The Gezi Park protests and political participationWith over 11 million active users – or 31.1% of the population – Turkey has one of the highest rates of Twitter usage in the world. During the height of the Gezi Park protests in spring 2013, more tweets were sent from Turkey than from any other country. Just what drove Turks to express themselves politically in such great numbers through social media is explained in the current issue of Information, Communication & Society . Previous research on Twitter has focused on