Riot police in Turkey have used water cannon to disperse the thousands-strong crowd of protesters surrounding the Supreme Electoral Council in Ankara. The people demanded a recount of local election results, in which the ruling AKP party narrowly won.

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan wants to ban YouTube and Facebook – and thus brings the president of his country on against him. Such a ban could not be done with it, says Abdullah Gul. His foray had caused an international sensation: Preferably, the ...