Internet disruption causes chaos in southeast Turkey - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mahmut Bozarslan

Mahmut Bozarslan

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Protesters hold signs and wave flags as they demonstrate against new controls on the Internet approved by the Turkish parliament in Ankara February 22, 2014. The signs read, ''Internet of Doomsday!", "It is impossible to sensor the streets!" and "You can have your own media but you can't get the streets''. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) - RTX19AYE — Protesters hold signs and wave flags as they demonstrate against new controls over the internet approved by the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Feb. 22, 2014. — REUTERS/Umit Bektas

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