Title: Devam vs. Tamam: 2018 Turkish Elections,
Abstract: On June 24, 2018, Turkey held a historical election, transforming its
parliamentary system to a presidential one. One of the main questions for
Turkish voters was whether to start this new political era with reelecting its
long-time political leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan or not. In this paper, we
analyzed 108M tweets posted in the two months leading to the election to
understand the groups that supported or opposed Erdogan's reelection. We
examined the most distinguishing hashtags and retweeted accounts for both
groups. Our findings indicate strong polarization between both groups as they
differ in terms of ideology, news sources they follow, and preferred TV
entertainment.