Issue and Opponent: Opponents accuse Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government of ruling in an increasingly authoritarian manner and meddling in people’s private lives, which has long been a source of conflict between the country’s secularists and Erdogan’s conservative supporters. Erdogan is running to become the first directly elected president of predominantly Muslim Turkey. Dilemma Action: In June 2014, hundreds of Turkish women posted pictures of themselves laughing on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, to protest against comments by Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc during his speech on the celebration marking the end of Ramadan, who had urged women not to laugh in public to protect moral values. One women’s organization said it would file a criminal complaint against the deputy Prime Minister. Arinc’s comments, in which he also criticized television soap operas for promoting decadence, also drew criticism from opposition presidential candidate Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. Outcome: Turkish men also took to social media to express their solidarity. Women around the world expressed their solidarity using the hashtag #direnkahkaha, which means “resist laughter”.Several public figures in Turkey have also tweeted support for the protest. Arinç said his comment had been taken out of context but that he generally maintained what he said in his speech. Many human rights organizations made a protest call against the measures taken by the Turkish government against women’s rights. However, despite the government’s reputation as a hardline conservative, they maintain widespread support from young women in Turkey.