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One of the most important inventions of the 20th century is the internet. With the introduction of the Internet into our lives, its usage area and technological transformation have changed our lives and habits significantly. When computers were very large devices, they were only used in the scientific world. Over time, computers started getting smaller and entering our homes. This process was followed by computers entering our pockets via smartphones. While we were able to reach every part of the world from our homes instantly with these devices via the Internet, the forms of communication were also undergoing significant changes. Human is a social being and communication has been important for people throughout history. Messaging, which started with drawing pictures on cave walls, has taken a completely different shape today with the internet. The Internet was primarily used in the scientific world from the 1960s on to connect computers. The development of human history is undoubtedly directly proportional to the liberation of man, the removal of all obstacles to his mind, and the production of knowledge. History is a struggle for the production and dissemination of knowledge as much as the struggle for freedom of man. The process of sharing information with other people, which started with pictures on the cave walls, changed with the discovery of writing. Social media has taken the place of traditional media communication tools with the internet technology that humanity has come to today from smoke and news pigeons to communicate, and the internet has entered our lives. History is a science that studies the past. Along with the developing technology, historians also benefit from the convenience of computers and the internet in accessing archives and collecting documents and information. In addition, historians began to benefit from the new stream media in addition to traditional methods in transferring historical documents to large masses.
The aim of this article is to explain the use of social media, which has been used effectively in recent years, and Twitter, which is used as an important sharing area in terms of ideas, in the science of history and among historians. Dr. It is to examine in the example of Bayram Bayrakdar.