Gezi Parki and Social Media Trends

June 1st, 2013

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Tradi0onal Media vs. Social Media Rise of the social media during troubled 0mes Trending #hashtags and frequently tweeted words Gezi Park related tweets by country Top inuencers Two inuen0al photos

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Traditional media vs. Social media coverage May 31, 2013 - Turkey
Turkish Social Media Turkish TV Channels

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Number of tweets in Turkey tripled on May 31st (25M average tweets per day vs. 8M tweets)

Number of Tweets from Turkey (May 18- June 1 2013)

25M
8M

Source: Pulled from Twitter via Topsy Pro

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Tweets poured in across the clock Turkey was up and tweeting well into the night
Number of Tweets from Turkey by the hour (May 30th- June1st) Midnight

Week of May 27th- Thurs-Sat tweets Previous week Thurs-Sat tweets

Source: Pulled from Twitter via Topsy Pro

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Resist Gezi Park generated 4.5M+ tweets over three days

Trending Tweets (5/28-6/1)

Trending Hashtags
#DirenGeziParki #OccupyGezi #TayyipIstifa #BuBirSivilDirenis #Besiktas #DirenAnkara #ProvokasyonaGelmiyoruz #OyunaGelmeTurkiyem #GeziParki

English Translation
Resist Gezi Park Occupy Gezi Resign Tayyip This i s a civil resistance Besiktas (an upper class neighboorhood) Resist Ankara Let's avoid provocation Don't get manipulated my Turkey Park Gezi

Number of Tweets
4,468,512 1,093,582 402,402 364,138 358,827 357,223 304,966 235,819 209,193

Source: Pulled from Twitter via Topsy Pro - 28/5/2013 - 1/6/2013 4:50 pm PST

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Most frequently used words in tweets from Turkey

Translation
Police Taksim Please Turkey Istanbul Public Tayyip Help Ankara Tree Ataturk Izmir Back Media 0.0

Trending Twi?er Words ( May 31-Jun 1st) Turkish

2.9 Polis 2.6 2.2 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5

Most Frequently Used Words 1. Police 2. Taksim 3. Please

1.5 Millions 2.0 2.5

Taksim Lutfen Turkiye Istanbul Halk Tayyip Yardim Ankara Agac Ataturk Izmir Geri Medya 3.5

0.5

1.0

3.0

Source: Pulled from Twitter via Topsy Pro

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Not just Turkey but the world tweeted

% of Tweets by tweet location
% of Tweets by tweet location

% of Tweets by country Excluding Turkey

Turkey 85%

Rest of World 15%

Source details: Top hashtags tweet location info (Top hashtags used: #DirenGeziParki, #OccupyGezi, #TayyipIstifa, #BuBirSivilDirenis, #DirenAnkara, #ProvokasyonaGelmiyoruz, #OyunaGelmeTurkiyem, #GeziParki)

Inuential pictures (1/2)

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Most Inuential

11 Source: Pulled from Twitter via Topsy Pro