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Gezi Parki and Social Media Trends: June 1, 2013
Gezi Parki and Social Media Trends: June 1, 2013
Table
of
Contents
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
6/2/13
Traditional media vs. Social media coverage May 31, 2013 - Turkey
Turkish Social Media
Turkish TV Channels
6/2/13
Number of tweets in Turkey tripled on May 31st (25M average tweets per day vs. 8M tweets)
25M
8M
6/2/13
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
6/2/13
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
6/2/13
Taksim Lutfen Turkiye Istanbul Halk Tayyip Yardim Ankara Agac Ataturk Izmir Geri Medya 3.5
0.5
1.0
3.0
6/2/13
Turkey 85%
Source details: Top hashtags tweet location info (Top hashtags used: #DirenGeziParki, #OccupyGezi, #TayyipIstifa, #BuBirSivilDirenis, #DirenAnkara, #ProvokasyonaGelmiyoruz, #OyunaGelmeTurkiyem, #GeziParki)
10
Most Inuential