SAN FRANCISCO: The attempted military coup in Turkey exploded across social media late on July 15 despite restricted access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube during the first hours of the putsch.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, an avowed enemy of social media who has frequently made Twitter and Facebook a target, addressed the country via a FaceTime video call that was shown on TV.
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