For the moment, “Turkey’s pro-gov’t ‘trolls’ hit hard in latest Twitter battle

 

A spectacular social media war has begun, with Turkey’s pro-gov’t ‘trolls’ losing the latest battle against an apparently more organized virtual opposition.
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