Zeynep tufekci biography for kids

On the night of July 15, as breakaway factions of the Turkish military seized bridges over theBosphorus strait and buzzed Istanbul with fighter jets, Professor Zeynep Tufekci was in the departure lounge at Antalya Airport, waiting to board a short flight to the capital.

Watching the scenes unfold on TV, it didn’t take the Turkish-born Tufekci long to realize what was happening. “I went immediately to the gate agent and said, ‘I’m not getting on this plane, and you shouldn’t let anyone else, either,’ ” recalled Tufekci, whose full name is pronounced ZAY-nep too-FEK-she.

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“And then five minutes later, I’m live-tweeting a coup.” 

For hours, Turkey’s fate hung in the balance. Soldiers occupied central Istanbul and state television went dark, but a defiant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared on CNN Turk using Apple’s FaceTime app.

Opponents of the military overthrow used social media to organize and take to the streets, beating back the coup att