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In the historical journey of mankind, the political phenomenon has always been in a central position of social life. A significant dimension of the relationship between politics and society is political knowledge. The role of the media is great when individuals have the right knowledge of political issues and issues. Political information flow, which has been provided through traditional media for a long time, is now carried out through the internet-based social media. Social media, which brings many facilities compared to traditional media, responds to the needs of political information that people are addressing through pre-traditional communication channels. This study, built on the scientific observation-based literary scan method, discusses the role of social media in the political information process through the Twitter example. The study, supported by examples of current research on the subject, found that Twitter, a text-focused social network, is an important social media environment that users use for political information purposes.