University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Center for Global Communication Studies Internet Policy Observatory (CGCS) 2-28-2017 Turkey’s Internet Policy After the Coup Attempt: The Emergence of a Distributed Network of Online Suppression and Surveillance Bilge Yesil Efe Kerem Sözeri Emad Khazraee Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/internetpolicyobservatory Part of the Communication Technology and New Media Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons, and the Social Media Commons Recommended Citation Yesil, Bilge; Kerem Sözeri, Efe; and Khazraee, Emad. (2017). Turkey’s Internet Policy After the Coup Attempt: The Emergence of a Distributed Network of Online Suppression and Surveillance. Internet Policy Observatory. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/internetpolicyobservatory/22 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/internetpolicyobservatory/22 For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Turkey’s Internet Policy After the Coup Attempt: The Emergence of a Distributed Network of Online Suppression and Surveillance Abstract In July 2016, Turkey was shaken by a bloody coup attempt. Although the would-be putschists failed, their insurgency led to an unprecedented reshuffling ofurk T ey’s political economic and socio-cultural landscapes. Notwithstanding the critical reverberations on the army, judiciary, law enforcement and civil society, the abortive coup set in motion a massive