Banning a thought only makes it flourish

According to Twitter?s latest Transparency Report, in the last six months of 2014 Turkey requested the removal of content from 2,642 accounts. Some 62 accounts and 1,820 tweets were withheld. Out of the 85 withheld accounts in the world, 62 are from Turkey. We have become the country that withholds the highest number of tweets.

This must be because the number of coup-lovers and terrorists in our country is so many times higher than in other countries.

With the domestic security package that just passed in parliament after fistfights and brawls, the number of coup-lovers and terrorists in the country will apparently increase.

Taking to the streets to voice a complaint will be considered a terrorist act; whoever dares do this will be considered a terrorist. The scarf you hold to your face when you are exposed to tear gas will be the reason for your arrest.

The extraordinary powers given to the police will abolish the right to life, personal security, and freedom of expression.

Expressing our views, feelings and thoughts will be abruptly blocked by the state. We will face oppressive treatment because of our views, feelings and thoughts. We will directly or indirectly be condemned or accused.

We will not be able to express our thoughts wherever we wish; we will not be able to debate them.

In a place where there is no freedom to criticize, there is no freedom of expression. When there is no freedom to criticize, then there is no valid opposition. When this does not exist, then we do not have the opportunity to attain what is good for us.

There will not be a democracy. There will never be an advanced democracy.

In a place where everybody can think as they wish, speak as they wish,...