country, when you see a society like turkey. a difference over a case, the tension is translated into authoritarianism. we, right now, are a difference of a number of issues between turkey and twitter. a different position could be seen in any kindful democracy in the world. >> twitter is not treating all her clients equally. in the western country, like the united states, france, germany, there are many cases which go to court if there is violation of privacy and personal rites and twitter accepts the did i says and blocks access. in turkey, ukraine and egypt, for example, although there are court decision, twitter does not show report to the court digs decisions. >> international criticism of recep tayyip erdogan over his banning of twitter plays into his hands among the religious conservative voters who believe in conspiracy theories and have a negative suspicious view of alleged foreign intervention in turkey. so prime minister recep tayyip erdogan in the heat of an election period adopted a strong language against twitter a

turkey admits one of its f. four military jets was shot down by damascus after flying over syria's airspace and kora deems it an act of war reserving the right to respond and after calling an emergency nato meeting turkey reminds the alliance of its responsibility to protect member states. turkey said a growing threat from syria requesting that nato to safeguard the country expand its deployment of patriot missile batteries along the border with syria and what could lead to nato action article five of the alliances charter says an attack on any member shall be considered an attack on all well it's a conservative policy on the part of the north atlantic treaty organization nato which turkey is a part of has been a part of the us since the early one nine hundred fifty s. it appears that was the strategy was to provoke an attack from syrian territory on to turkey therefore providing a rationale to draw in the support of the united states and perhaps israel as well as britain and other states that are part of the na

i cannot accept is because this is an insult to turkey's people must respond so that is like turkeys people condone any justice. i mean day in and definitely embracing the loss his heart rate and panty set and i feel deeply sad for what has been yesterday but let's not forget that you know the country that nearly eighty to ninety nine as the cars were being killed on the city by hundreds. not by one quote unquote that i mean we're living in a country that has enough that house had been seen below in this sounds like an a which resulted in over forty thousand of people that sell me the reason is not going to visit this part obama party the prime minister when he calls those demonstrating charlatans. will back them up but that will not end until the gazeta and i may do it or that you know someone gets to justin is back me up like a normal week to make alysis as a political novice. we can gd eats. if you don't focus on the distant end up on the site not too wide to appease people are sports and the government because it is also the same table that we know that i favor of open electorate

shipments of weapons from turkey. so far. nato has not gotten involved with turkey's grabbing every opportunity to say why should strike syria there's no telling how long that will last. reno for nine thirty. well the rebels in syria could be getting some nt across systems from america very soon. going to land on me that the facilities of maps can be made by saudi arabia. he was president tries to mend ties with its key ally more details on that coming the afghan capital has been hit by it. another taliban attack in the run up to next week's presidential election it is quiet and relaxing calming tea headquarters from a neighboring house. police gunned down by security forces of the respondent has to come from up reports from kabul. the attack took place just down the road from here that's for the heavily fortified afghan election commission compound is located about one pm local time suicide bombers targeted nearby buildings. afghan security forces have rushed to the scene of top on insurgents reportedly on the space rockets

this is a fundamental issue in turkey. the main problem is there's no immediate or press whose sole aim is to inform the audience. >> with turkey's conglomerates providing a link between politics and the press, they're the ones with relation in business business is crucial in an important election year. the akp faces local government polls later this month. if erdogan decides to run for president in the august election, his political future could be in the hands of many allies or growing number of enemies in turkey's media. >> our global village voices now on prime minister erdogan's relationship with the turkish news media. >> it was a state defender and big corporation. in the recent years since he became power, he encouraged the media, which they can't reflect the turkish people. >> media companies always have political economic ties. these alliances came up in the 1990s when the business tycoons acquired television channels or newspapers. they're making it very vulnerable to government manipulation. >> twenty five year

now involves turkey's military. le remains of the the fighter jet burned, shot down by turkish f-16s after it jetted across to enter the air space. today the political rally of the leadup to local elections on march 30th, turkish prime minister erdogan told his supporters -- >> translator: a syrian plane invited our air space. our f-16s took off and hit the plane. if the violate the air space the slap will be hard. >> damascus says the plane was in syrian air space when turkish jets attacked. it's the second time turkey has downed a civilian aircraft. last september they shot down a helicopter in the same region after it strayed off the border bombing opposition fighters. rebels today posted a video showing them in control of the border crossing, bought fighting remains fierce. the crossing matters because it's the last northern post to be captured by opposition fighters and opening up a passage to the mediterranean sea. not only that, but it's in a region inhabited mainly by syrian alawites. his home village is onl

shipments of weapons from turkey. so far. nato has not gotten involved with turkey's grabbing every opportunity to say why should strike syria there's no telling how long that will last. reno point nine art it is still to come this hour the pain in spain madrid while i'm all anti government protests accusing the government of making people pay the state's debt in terms of their health and education. birds confectionery might need a former convict in the star wars villain. right now to ukrainian presidential candidate something of a mix that he's going to go to sch go some introductions. greece is on the line on for the top job is a curious one week and it carries the promise of the very different future for ukraine and each has a pretty good these records the review see the machine the hockeyroos who embezzled one. i did get my meaning. i dreamed of seeing eye it's a journey of healing and strength to do so. she has been the queen of ukrainian politics since the early two thousand and claims to have when it takes to lead the

>> turkey is a polarized society. there are divisions between those who like the prime minister and those who despise the prime minister. with those results, this polarization will, and intensify so those who do not like the prime minister will probably have stronger feelings against him, and those that support him will have stronger feelings in favour of him. >> if early election results hold, and the prime minister's party remains in power. what fear will that bring to turkey. is there concern that this may bolster the prime minister and encourage him to tighten his group on power there? >> i think that if those results - the strong results do hold out, i think prime minister is likely to become more autoaccuratic, trying to concentrate more power in his hands, introduce media restrictions, internet restrictions, including on facebook, so i think the current tennedensies that we see -- tendency may intensify following the results in his favour. >> joining us live from london. thank you for your insight. >> still ahe

turkey ranks as an intermediate case. a we work with many of the providers for many years and they are very sophisticated group. there are more than two or three in turkey. the number of companies in turkey that are able to make direct international connections with the outside world is higher. that gives them a certain amount of resilience to complete that network shutdown. a lot of the government intervention tends to be more surgical, tends to be more targeted at specific services, specific ip addresses, specific domain names. this comparable to anything we have seen recently? consistent with the sequence we have seen as it evolves over time. takein 2011, we saw egypt the country out of the internet with a blank tool. it has become much more surgical. it is like what you might see in iran before their elections where the road blocking specific domains and it was done very tactically. in venezuela, twitter has some problems. the same thing happens in china on a daily basis in very sophisticated ways. what impact has thi

recep tayyip erdogan called gola, in a parallel state within turkey. analysts say stopping the corruption files is what is driving the prime minister's online crackdown. >> in this war the networks always used social networks like youtube and twitter to publish illegal wire tapping. since december 13th turkey has illegally recorded tape scandals every day. that is the main motivation behind twitter's band. >> the time refers not to the election, but between what is called within turkey, or shadow state fighting against using illegally retired tapes and recordings, and using them as a means to demote the government, to create a political turmoil in turkey. >> the key here is the december sp 17th graph scandal. the prime minister arguing the scandal is conducted by a parallel state within the state and tried to convince public opinion that the internet matter was a necessity. those close to the party agree, but others perceive it as a form of censorship. >> prime minister recep tayyip erdogan has the heaviest weaponry. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so

when is last time you erred-i journalist being deported from turkey when his visa expired? when the government says it's for that technical reason as opposed to what is obvious to everybody, then he begins to sound like beijing or moscow. is that really who you want to be keeping company with while you are applying to the e.u. for membership? >> in this case, if his visa expired or not? is -- was he deported on the very same day, on the exact day and date that his visa expired or a month later? >> i don't know. because i don't think it's -- the reason i don't know is because like most turks i don't think it has anything to do with his visa it has everything to do with what he's tweeting. this is the only journalist that i know of who the prime minister has brought a personal criminal complaint against that i know of, correct me if i am wrong -- >> i am not aware of it. i am hearing it for the first time. >> he brought a personal criminal complaint against him and that is the journalist who he di deported because his visas expired. [speaking at the same time] >> if the prime

how does turkey fit in? how do you invest in turkey? reality is that turkey is a great story from a broader, macro perspective. good growth, good demographics, good bank, good public sector finances, good balance sheet. there are many reasons why you would want to be in turkey. a big market, very dynamic to read the main risk is the politics and the over concentration of power. does that mean bad policy going forward? away from stay turkey. that is clear. from a debt perspective, you have double-digit rates, you have real positive interest rates, the currency has adjusted already over the last year. it kind of looks attractive from a valuation perspective. he just of to feel comfortable with the political risk. in the end, who do you think is going to win the presidential and parliamentary elections, if they come forward. >> what about the stock market? >> it has traded off a bit on the back of what we have seen over the last year. the bottom line is that the growth drivers for the economy are pretty good. you have good corporate and go

turkey shot down a syrian jet that went into it's air space. james, your thoughts on this and how it changes the syrian conflict and affects it. >> reporter: this is an important development because turkey is not just a neighbors country of syria. it is a country that is a nato member. this is a nato military jet that is now being involved in taking down a syrian jet. as we understand it, it's been confirmed a short time ago by the prime minister that it was the turkish air force that were responsible. he's said that a syrian plane ran into the air space and our f-16s took off and hit this plane. why? if you violate my air space, the measure will be hard. that's from the turkish prime minister. i think others in the region are watching this pretty significant step. >> it reflects his almost mood at the moment. he's a tough speaker and he has elections coming up as well. this is for him a show of strength. >> reporter: absolutely. what we don't know are the dpakt details of exact where this took place. they say it violated turkish air space. we'

victory for turkey's prime minister and his party wins half the vote in an election seen as a referendum on his rule. north and south korea exchange hundreds of shells across their disputed maritime border and rising sea levels and drought and they have the starkest warning yet on climate change. ♪ pakistan's former president musharraf has been charged with trez on and accused of unlawfully suspending the constitution and imposing emergency rule in 2007. and musharraf has plead not guilty and says the case against him is politically motivated and we have the latest in tiev and a significant case and more drama for pakistan and he could face the death penalty if found guilty. >> very big day indeed and history being made here in pakistan and musharraf was president in 2007 but before that he was the head of the military and head of the military for a good decade or so. this is the first time a former military ruler has been indicted on any charges stemming from his time in power. as you rightly point out, if convicted musharraf not only faces the possibility of life in prison but also t

rebels in their fight against damascus and as for how far turkey will go. i knew the guy in youtube seems to offer some insight on that it's a great peek into the way governments operate regional wars of the view of what had happened when the monks of the l a lot of these insurgents were trained in the american military bases and air force bases in turkey. then put into syria syria though. i also was going all shipments of weapons i should say the insurgents and us shipments of weapons from turkey. so far. nato has not caught in fall but with turkey's grabbing every opportunity to say why should strike syria. there's no telling how long that will last. green up or dying art still to come this hour the pain in spain. madrid lost by more anti government protests the accusing the government of making people pay off the state's debt with their health and education. but first a confectionery magnate a former convict and the villain of star wars you run down of ukrainian presidential candidates is a mixed bag work easier in english go take a look at some of the o

one is turkey. our chief correspondent linda yu has been to turkey to find out who is to blame for its economic woes. >> where east meets west. istanbul, the bridge between europe and asia. turkey is a strategic country that investors had favored as e flow of cash from the u.s. slowed, fragilities were exposed. this company, it is a worrying time as consumers spend less. it is harder to borrow and spend than before. >> it is not a comfortable time at the moment. unfortunately in the last year have been nesses sort of shaking. >> for factories like this one producing power generators, the cooling economy is a worry. some turkish companies have also borrowed too much from foreign creditors, which makes them vulnerable if demand slows. >> this is very important. >> the owner tells me that relying on overseas customers will be key for growth. it is a big change from a year ago. turkey's economy had been the envy of europe. g.d.p. growth was over 8% before the slow-down. inflation had dropped to 7% from

the rebels in their fight against damascus and as for how far turkey will go. i knew the guy in youtube seems to offer some insight on that it's a great peek into the way governments operate regional wars that they would like to have happen when i'm on somebody else. a lot of these insurgents are trained in the american military bases and air force bases in turkey then put into syria syria it also has gotten all shipments of weapons to insurgents shipments of weapons and turkey. so far. nato has not gotten involved with turkey's grabbing every opportunity to say white sheets like syria there's no telling how long that will last. reno point nine or ten. dominic and dimes and crown systems to this riddle convention according to an end. american officials shouldn't be made by sunday or when it was the last president is coming to uninstall. rosie's house has been happening. i was her only connection police his compound in afghanistan is taking place in just a week before the country's presidential election the poolside time is up on me with machine guns and aunt be

which turkey is a part of has been a part of the songs the early nineteen fifties. it appears that with the strategy was to provoke an attack on from syrian territory on to turkey therefore providing a rationale to draw in the support of united states and perhaps his role as well as britain and other states are better part of the nato alliance. certainly nato members share turkey says sentiments about the serie government both openly support the rebels in their fight against damascus and as for how far turkey will go a new week on youtube seems to offer some insight on that it's a great peek into the way governments operate regional wars that they would like to have happen when i'm on somebody else. a lot of these insurgents who trained the american military bases and air force bases in turkey then put into syria syria i also was god and all shipments of weapons i should say the insurgents and us shipments of weapons from turkey. so far. nato has not gotten him fall but with turkey's grabbing every opportunity to say why should strike syria. there's no telling how l

we are a very different group here in turkey. we're educated, democracy, and will not behave like the russians. >> and the crimeaen tatars have the backing of turkey's government. he jetted to kiev last saturday and stressed the importance of crimea and turkey and stressed the territory of ukraine. when word spread that the ukrainian navy ship was passing through istanbul and might have changed its flag to a russian one, the turk association came to make sure that it had not and to show support for ukrainian independent. this connect area is connected e black sea. europe that way and russia that way. they warn russia to be careful. >> there are muslim soldiers in the russian army, and we know that some put down their guns and refuse to fight other muslims. russia needs to keep this fact in mind. >> without turkey support many believe the tatars would have been wiped out. they said they learned from their history. al jazeera, istanbul. >> coming up on al jazeera america international women's day marking the progress made and chall

lots of trade and commerce going on in turkey. lots of investments going into turkey. and when the arab springs came up in 2011, you know once again, i think the west turned to prime minister erduwan and everybody talked about the turkish model. you can have supposedly democracy and islam exist, and you can have a very islamic leader leading the country from the middle east. for the white house, i think prime minister erduwan dynamic and ambitious foreign policy has been problematic but because turkey is in a geostrategic position between the middle east russia and north africa they have depend he on turkey which is a key nato ally. turkey has contributed enormously to afghanistan, to iraq and there are key bases that the united states relies on. but with prime minister erduwan coming down hard on free expression it makes the white house a little more difficult to actually work with prime minister erduwan. >> we'll have to see if the pressure continues on the prime minister. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> now to the weather it's spring but winter will soon be maki

rebels in their fight against damascus and as for how far turkey will go. i knew the guy in youtube seems to offer some insight on that it's a great peek into the way governments operate and how they do not warrant that they would like to have happen when i'm on somebody else a lot of these insurgents were trained in the american military bases in air force bases in turkey then put into syria syria know. also has gotten all shipments of weapons i should say the insurgents into shipments of weapons from turkey. so far. nato has not gotten involved with turkey's grabbing every opportunity to say why should strike syria there's no telling how long that will last. green up or dying art. ukraine's in racing a cup or bottle and eight the country that elections can easily that's at the forefront. they do not staple presidential harmful system and applications and explained the king appointed authorities promising that it was time to buy some lining up for the race. how full and for that to look for the fourth. oh she's reading this can take the kids the races on t

. >>> and it's election day turkey holds it's first vote since anticipate government protest erupted last year. >> secretary of state john kerry is in paris where he's meeting with his return counterpart sergei lavrov. >> reporter: this meeting between john kerry and sergei lavrov comes after a direct phone call between kerry and lavrov. kerry was flying back to the u.s. after a meeting in the middle east but turned around after the phone call with lavr lavrov. it comes after the build up of tens of thousands of troops on ukraine's eastern border. it's worrying that russian troops could move into ukraine proper. sergei lavrov says putin has no intention of what would be considered invading. kerry said that there should be a new constitution for the country, one which creates a federal nation which gives more autonomy for the regions notably. those regions are dominated by russian speakers. washington for its part has according to officials in the u.s. come up with its own plan. he's saying there needs to be international monitors. they also want to see movements on direct talks betwe

>> turkey's prime minister points to a crackdown. he seeks to avenge for a series of corruption scandals. victory ineclares local elections. francois hollande expenses a shakeup in his government. >> plus, feeding the frenzy. as european ipos have their best start in years, we will tell you what is driving companies to market. good morning. i am guy johnson. >> and i am francine lacqua. excusesp is a bloomberg -- exclusive with former tesco ceo terry leahy. >> it is the watchmaker that is just dripping with innovation. we will head to the world's biggest watch show to see what makes one start up take. k. tic >> turkey's ruling party has come out on top in elections. our middle east editor elliott in istanbul.ve >> a huge victory, francine. gone was once mayor here was once mayor of istanbul. more than it got in the last elections. the only crumb of comfort for erdogan is that he didn't win as many votes as he got in the last general election. that could give them some sort they come ton fielding candidates in the presidential electio

turkey has an impressive rate for voter turnout. at this school where we've been filming and speaking to voters, there were cues from the a year hours amongst those casting ballots was the president who spoke to reporters after he had cast his vote, saying that these elections were going to decide the coming fate of the country, and essentially underlining just how significant they are in terms of deciding what route turkey takes in the coming years. >> strange time, isn't it for all involved in this, because you've got people putting themselves forward for positions like mayor and counselor and people are perhaps not paying as much attention to them and they're paying attention to the party who aren't on the ballot paper. >> well, that is extremely strange, because on the one hand, they are local elections, so people are interested because of local issues and when they look at the bread and butter, roads, school, health services, there is an impressive record. you're looking at something like 99 universities built in the past 10 ye

. >> voters in turkey, casting their ballots. up next, we'll tell you why today's local poll could have national implications. >> plus a prisoner swap, threats to derail peace talks in the middle east. >> turkey's prime minister faces corruption allegations. the countries voters head to the polls. even though today's elections are local, the prime minister says the vote will affirm his legitimacy. >> a constant stream of voters eager to make their voice count, for them, this is more than local politics, and people are bitterly divided. ali is 85 years old, believes turkey needs a new political direction. >> the nation needs honesty, change. it is a sad situation. >> inside this polling station, people are waiting patiently, and for some, it's a duty to support the government. >> there are internal and external forces that are trying to take turkey backwards. it's our duty as citizens to come and vote. >> there are more than 52 million registered voters around turkey. around 10 million are registered in istanbul, but these electio

turkey is an election marathon. in august we'll elect the president next july or june, and we'll add to the ballots once again for the general election. i think today's election will not solve the controversies in politics. uncertainty will continue, and the feedback between uncertainty and weaker performance will reflect poorly on hap in the presidential race. >> the international monetary fund, which is a global lender to countries like turkey and others, are saying that turkey's economic model is unsustainable. what do they base it on? is it a view that you share? >> there are two ways to grow. a country grows by adding to the wealth, the chinese model. the second way to grow is borrowing from abroad, and investing into things that does not increase an economy's productivity. turkey is unfortunately choosing the second path, that $800 billion economy has unfortunately been built on excessive leverage. this is a viewpoint shared by fitch and moody's over the last two weeks. the ratios have been lowered, but the ho

and on youtube and twitter anchored turks voted for the first time in sunday's local elections and turkey has a young population in the region. and we report now on the issues that matter to them. >> reporter: they come from different parts of turkey but moved to study at the university and they are from the republican people's party and will vote for the first time in their like and it's about protecting personal freedoms. over 6 million young people will be eligible to vote for the first time in the up coming local elections and many of them students, although under the current government the number of university in turkey increased from 76 to 175 and tuition fees scrapped at all state universities some students are still unhappy. a large part of that is due to the government's reaction to the getty park protests last june. >> translator: we saw they were united over freedom. it was a movement that started to protect the trees and it goes all the way to the protection of individual freedom. >> reporter: and she believes the protests and restrictions on social media sites will effect how

where does turkey fall on that list? >> turkey is an intermediate case for us. on one hand you have a country that has one or two service network providers in the country who have international connections to the outside world. outages are not completely unacceptably of turkey ranks -- completely unaccepted. it is a very sophisticated group. there are more than one or two or three in turkey. the number of companies in turkey that are able to make direct international connections with the outside world is higher. a certain amount of resilience to a complete network shut down erie it -- shut down. the government's intervention in the internet has to be more surgical, more targeted at specific services, specific ip addresses and specific domain names. >> i know you map these kinds of things when it happens around the world, is it comparable to anything you have seen previously? >> if anything it is consistent with the sequence we have seen. in 2011 we saw egypt take the entire country off the internet with one tool. since then things have become much more surgical.

millions of people in turkey today have been able to access twitter by downloading vpns. therefore, i do not think that the prime minister's rhetoric about twitter is realistic. >> neither for that matter does the turkish president who co-founded the ruling ak party with erduwan. he said in a tweet that erduwan's ban on twitter was unacceptable. within a week, the government shut down youtube as well. both have contained a raft of audio and video files, evidence it has alleged of corruption in the erduwan government. the files appear to be the work of gulanists, an influential islamist movement led by a cleric who for years backed erduwan. >> relationship has soured, leading to the posting of the corruption files online starting december 17th. most consist of phone recordings illegally obtained: analysts say stopping the posting of more corruption files ahead of the march 30th local elections is what is driving the prime minister's olbermann crackdown. >> in this war, networks also used social networks like youtube and twitter as weapons to publish some illegal wiretappin

amy: i have different thoughts on turkey now. i like turkey meat. cierra: yeah. amy: i didn't think i'd like it. cheyanne: i would definitely eat turkey again. i really like the texture of it. amy: it has a really smooth texture. it tastes really good. cierra: i like the vegetables. amy: they're more finely chopped with that food processor. kayla: i don't know if i really like the onions or carrots. cierra: what i don't like about it is it's a little spicy for me. cheyanne: i really like the sauce. amy: mm-hm. kayla: i like the sauce, too. amy: it sounds like this is going to be very close. okay, are you guys ready to score them? girls: yeah. evette: it really looked like they were having a great time in the kitchen today, right? richard: oh, totally. vikki: it did, it did. evette: when we come back, it's the moment of truth. time for the lyles to make their mark on the made-over meatloaf. which one of these crafty chefs will walk away a winner? don't go anywhere. announcer: recipe rehab, part of the cbs dream team, it's epic, will be right back after these messa

now involves turkey's military. as jubilant rebel fighters cheered, the remains a syrian fighter jet burn in the mountains, shot down by turkish f-16s after turkey said the syrian jet invaded its air space. today there's a political rally in the lead-up to local elections on march 30th, and the tur kirk prime minister told them a syrian plane violated the air space. our f-16s hit this plane. why? if you invite my air space, a slap after this will be hard. damascus says its plane was in syrian air space when turkish jets attacked. rebels today posted a video shows them in control of the border crossing, the fighting in the area remains fierce. the casops crossing matters because it's the last border post captured and opening up a passage to the mediterranean. not only that, but it's in a region inhabited mainly by syrian allawites. s secretary the assad family coming from. his home village is only 30 kilometers away. syrian army and national defense forces have fighting back and being reinforced. syrian fighter jets

turkey. >> over6 million young people will be eligible to vote, many of them students. and although under the cur recollect government, the number of universities increased from 76 to 175 and tuition fees strapped at all state universities, some students are still unhappy, a large part of that is due to the government's reaction to the protests last june. >> translator: the youth were united over freedom. it was a movement that started to protect the trees and went all the way to the protection of individual freedom. >> reporter: this is a professor of sociology, she believes the park protests and restrictions on social media sites will effect how young people vote. >> as you look at the characteristics of these young voters they are from the digital generation, they use digital to interact, and they are well-informed. >> reporter: this park has in many ways become a symbol for many of turkey's youth. it stands testament to how that party has been curving freedoms and liberty in turkey. but supporters say it's an example of how the opposition has been more interested in

turkey gaoled more journalists than other countries. we report on the declining freedoms under the current prime minister. >> in 2012 reporter alerted the world to the large number of journalists behind bars in turkey. when he found out that he, himself, was facing an 11-year sentence, he sought asylum. >> to prevent this, the state uses violence, cooperation and antidemocratic laws. >> the organization says there are around 63 journalists in turkish gaols. the committee to protect journalists and reporters without borders cite lower numbers, but turkey tops the list. the largest number is a reflection of the struggle for kurdish rights. many kurdish journalists say the culture feeds off conflicts with anti-terrorism, nationalist and laws used to limit free speech. >> it's not just the kurds. others are writing for the press. always from the left wing. they are getting arrested too. >> 2013's protests exposes falt lines. main stream outlets did not report of the clashes when they happened and journalists lost their jobs. >> many turkish

turkey is another country unsettling markets of late. turkey has transformed itself into an emerging market powerhouse. it achieves spectacular growth under the leadership of prime minister rejeb tayep erdowan, but his government is now rocked by an on again off again series of treat protests. it's fuelling an exodus of investors out of turkey and emerging markets in general. patricia sabga explains. >> reporter: violent clashes wednesday between protestors and turkish police sparked by the death of a teenage boy walkeded in anti-government demonstrations last year. turkey was perceived by foreigners as a nation on the way up. but the planned destruction of park in istanbul last may exposed cracks. when police violently disbursed peaceful protests by turks sparking mass demonstration against the government. calls for erdogen to step aside grew more intense following a corruption investigation in december. >> economic factors are leading into a lot of the political unrest we're seeing arrange the world, but there are a lot of other factor

things have been crazy in turkey recently. a country that was on a good course and recently has had some problems. it does not sound like something normal. what's going on. >> reporter: this is something that twitter has encountered many times in its history. twitter has been useful for public information dissemination of service when it comes to political crises. during the arab spring it was a big deal. and egypt blocked it in 2011 for a short time. in venezuela they blocked it last year when elections were coming up. and now turkey is joining the ranks of china, iran and korea in putting a blanket ban on this service. it's an antiquated response to the openness of the internet, and it's not seeming to have any affect. twitter users in turkey are still getting through. >> how does one get through if it's a ban? >> there are many ways to do it. honestly, you just need to mask the origin of your laptop, how you go about doing that on a computer is straightforward. there are all sorts of browsers and browsers extensions that wi