Will Twitter's Türkiye dossier be opened as well?

Elon Musk bought Twitter in October and the digital world began to experience great turmoil. Pay no mind to the U.S. media playing dead in the face of Elon Musk's revelations. Documents on the political manipulations of the former Twitter administration are said to be the tip of the iceberg.

In the U.S., Twitter's content restrictions and account closures to the detriment of Republicans have already been seriously discussed since the 2020 elections.

So much so that almost half of his tweets were censored while Donald Trump was in office as the U.S. President and during the 2020 election process.

The world is now "retrospectively" witnessing the dangers of social media companies, especially Twitter, having such a large "blackout" power. Social media platforms, which are the centers of freedom of expression and freedom of information, will now be on the agenda with their agendas that censor and manipulate their users. As a result, it will be necessary to discuss the security of elections and the dangers faced by democracies at the user level.

If even the President of the United States is censored by a social network, that power; Could it not have imposed similar sanctions on other political leaders, countries, institutions, and democracies? The unknowns on the invisible part of the iceberg will also come to light. I say "unknown" because the Elon Musk administration is still publishing files that concern America.

While Elon Musk recently announced his new plans for Twitter, he also said that they will soon start emptying the namespace of 1.5 billion accounts. This information; It means that inactive or unreal accounts on Twitter will be closed.

According to statistics published last year, there were 330 million active accounts on Twitter. The accuracy of this data is now doubtful. Because the information on the user numbers of the former Twitter administration also needs confirmation. Again, according to last year's data, the countries with the most Twitter users are; It is progressing in the form of the USA, Japan, India, Brazil, England, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Thailand. The population factor is also a factor in the formation of the ranking. Japan, England, and Türkiye stand out when evaluated according to their populations. In other words, there are a lot of Twitter users relative to their population. For example, the number of users in Türkiye seems to be more than 16 million. However, social media analysts point out that the actual number of users in Türkiye is around 4-5 million. The rest are bot accounts.

It seems that the statistical information available will change soon. Some countries will be excluded from the list. Elon Musk talks about 1.5 billion accounts to be deleted. It's a very radical step, and it's almost three-quarters of the platform. Accurate statistics will also be created with the remaining real accounts in this case. In this case, Türkiye will suddenly fall behind in the ranking. Only the ranking does not change, then the artificial agenda of Twitter also changes.

In an interview with President Erdogan on the plane on his return from his visit to Turkmenistan, I asked whether there was a special policy applied to Türkiye in the “dark past” of Twitter. Earlier, we witnessed that the hashtags on Twitter that supported Erdoğan and shared hundreds of thousands of posts were blocked and removed from the agenda. Erdogan's account is also the third most powerful Twitter account in the world, according to the "Most Powerful Leaders on Twitter" survey conducted annually by the digital diplomacy research community Twiplomacy. I also reminded this information. President Erdogan's communication with Elon Musk is known to everyone. He already said, "We'll sit down and talk with Elon Musk. At least we make a phone call. We talk about Twitter as we talk about space. We are closely following the issues that have come to the agenda regarding the previous Twitter administration's interventions in the political arena," he said.

It seems that the Directorate of Communications will hold a meeting with the new management of Twitter. I'm honestly wondering if the Musk administration will open Twitter's files from Türkiye and other countries. Because there has been a lot of Twitter-based chaos in Türkiye. Twitter had a decisive role in all social events and election processes, especially the Gezi events in 2013. Correspondence may emerge that the former Twitter administration, which paved the way for Democrats in the U.S. and restricted Republicans, supported opposition leaders, media outlets supporting the opposition, journalists, non-governmental organizations, artists, and troll networks against the AK Party government in Türkiye as well. If such a disclosure process begins; the question of “why was the AK Party ineffective, inactive, and overshadowed by the opposition on Twitter, despite receiving double the votes of its closest rival in every election?” will also be answered.