Google Reverted From Its Big Mistake: Atatürk’s Title Has Been Corrected!
Google Reverted From Its Big Mistake: Atatürk’s Title Has Been Corrected! Google changed the phrase ‘Former President’ to ‘Founder of the Republic of Turkey’ after social pressure. Here are the details!
While we generally focus on the negatives of social media, the positive consequences of strong social interaction can often be overlooked. However, the recent events reminded us, as a society, of the power of social media and allowed us to accurately restore the reputation of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Google’s more appropriate definition of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk once again demonstrated the potential of protecting the historical and cultural values that social media comes together with.
Google Returned from Its Error!
Google observed their changing reactions by changing the expression they used when using Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The phrase “Former President of Türkiye” used for Atatürk is now replaced by “Founder of the Republic of Turkey”. This change took place after what was expressed in social media and signature campaigns.
The emergence of Sözcü brought about discussions that started with the way Google defined Ataturk. Citizens organized campaigns on social media for a more suitable use for Ataturk and conveyed their objections to Google.
The personalized person took action to change Google’s definition by making splits by “fixing the mistake.” Google’s change has been shown to result in its reactions.
An example was that the change in the way Google defined Atatürk was announced at the meeting and their reactions were not taken into account. This movement, made through social media and signature campaigns, emphasized the importance of Atatürk for Turkey and showed once again the power of his social power.
