AK Party Deputy Chairman Binali Yıldırım gave a speech at the AK Party Ankara Provincial Presidency Consultation Camp held at a hotel in Belek Tourism Center in Antalya’s Serik district. Binali Yıldırım also touched upon social media in his speech. “Social networks are the most important determinant of this election. It is not possible to ban these networks here,” Yıldırım said. used the phrase.
Stating that today’s generation does not know very well the problems that Turkey has experienced in the past, Yıldırım said that children born with the AK Party are internet children and that their perspectives on life and politics are different. Yıldırım said the following about social media:
“FREE SHOOTING ON SOCIAL NETWORKS”
“In the 2019 local elections, a little bit of digital politics, politics over social networks were experienced. This politics, to make an analogy, was invented by a perforated iron, bravery is broken. Shooting is free in social networks. It doesn’t matter if what you say is true. In politics, the one who tells the lie first, wins. To make an analogy, the one who tells the lie crosses the mountains, and he is surprised on the straight road that continues to tell the truth.”
Stating that a word said to one person reached 6 people in the past, and now a post via social media affects 6 thousand people at the same time, Yıldırım used the following statements:
“IT IS NOT ABOUT BANNING THESE NETWORKS”
“Social networks are important in political activities. Our difficulty is that we are the party with principles, we are the party that always tells the truth, we say what we will do, we do not promise what we cannot do, but there is no such principle in social networks. Hole iron came out, manliness is broken. We cannot ignore such a social network. Social networks This is the most important determinant of the election. It is not about banning these networks here. We will get ahead by using the same tools more effectively and time at the speed of light. The first to say wins. The one who comes after cannot achieve the same effect. I’m talking about setting the agenda. I’m not talking about getting stuck behind an agenda that has been created. Some thinkers write They describe campaigns made over social networks as ‘the politics of lies’. Its effect is short-lived, but it also has a lasting effect.”
Yıldırım, who called for the most effective use of social media without compromising on principles, saw the youth as their greatest resource. Stating that they will continue their face-to-face, heart and street politics, Yıldırım said that they will create a greater synergy by combining the two strategies.
(AA)