Another major worry for Mr. Erdogan now is that anger with his administration will spread to the streets, as it did in the summer with the violent suppression of demonstrators trying to protect a beloved Istanbul park from development. On Wednesday night sporadic protests erupted in some neighborhoods of Istanbul and other cities, with people calling on the government to [...] → Read the full article…
On the last day of the Strasbourg plenary session from 10 to 13 June 2013, the European Parliament approved a motion condemning the excessive use of force by Turkish riot police against demonstrators during Gezi Park protests in the country. MEPs expressed deep concerns at the disproportionate and excessive use of force by Turkish police to break up peaceful and [...] → Read the full article…
Turkish politicians, including President Abdullah Gül, reacted harshly to foreign media coverage of the ongoing Gezi protests, with state-run Anatolia news agency attempting to create a Twitter campaign over the ongoing London protests under the hashtag, “occupylondon.” Anatolia news agency gave a detailed report of the events that have been occurring in London, highlighting the number of detainments, while posting [...] → Read the full article…