1. What is Turkey’s human rights record?
2. What role are social media platforms and messaging apps likely to play in Turkey’s elections?
3. How does the government seek to control online discussion?
4. What might the government do to target anonymous online speech and private messages during the election?
5. What power does the government have to block content on the Internet?
6. How can the government sanction social media or messaging platforms for refusing its demands?
7. What other tech-facilitated challenges to human rights might Turkish voters face during this election?
8. What might happen on election day?
9. What human rights responsibilities do social media and messaging platforms have?
10. Have social media and messaging platforms met with their human rights responsibilities in previous elections?
11. What are online platforms doing to protect human rights during the election?
12. What else should social media platforms and messaging apps be doing to respect the right to participate in the election?
13. What human rights responsibilities do internet service providers have?

On May 14, voters in Turkey will vote in a high stakes parliamentary and presidential election that poses a significant challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), who have been in office since 2002. The election will take place in an environment of intensified centralized control and erosion of fundamental rights and the rule of law, with the Erdoğan government wielding its formidable...

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