Tag Archives: Tayyip Erdoğan @en

Erdogan as Putin

The recent and sometimes violent protests in Turkey’s major cities invite parallels to the mass protest movements of the Arab Spring. Yet this comparison is superficial at best. In fact, the biggest risk for the United States is not that Turkey, a key American ally, will experience revolution, chaos or political opening. Rather, it is that these protests have the [...] → Read the full article…

The Guardian: Erdoğan’s party rules out early elections as thousands defy call to end protest

Tens of thousands of Turks mass again in Taksim Square, where activists have been sleeping in tents and buses Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdoğan’s AK party has ruled out early elections as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators defied his call for an immediate end to protests. Hüseyin Çelik, deputy chairman of the Justice and Development (AK) party founded by [...] → Read the full article…

The New York Times: Peaceful protest over Istanbul park turns violent as police crack down

Tolga Bozoglu/European Pressphoto Agency

ISTANBUL — Police officers attacked a group of peaceful demonstrators on Friday in Istanbul’s Taksim Square with water cannons and tear gas, sending scores of people, protesters and tourists alike, scurrying into shops and luxury hotels and turning the center of this city into a battle zone at the height of tourist season. The police action was the latest violent [...] → Read the full article…

Reuters : Thousands take to streets in Turkey, clash with police

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Turkey’s four biggest cities on Sunday and clashed with riot police firing tear gas on the third day of the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years. The din of car horns and residents banging pots and pans from balconies in support of the protests resonated across neighbourhoods in Istanbul [...] → Read the full article…

The Washington Post: The photo that encapsulates Turkey’s protests and the severe police crackdown – Max Fisher

Turkey’s protest movement has ebbed and flowed dramatically over the past week, as has the government’s sometimes heavy-handed response, but this photo from last Tuesday, the second day of large-scale demonstration, remains an iconic and affecting symbol of the ongoing movement. The photo was snapped by Reuters photographer Osman Orsal in Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park, where the movement began with [...] → Read the full article…

Hürriyet Daily News: Raid on ‘Occupy Taksim Park’ demonstrators triggers outcry

Police clashes with Taksim

ISTANBUL Police staged an early morning raid on protesters bidding to protect trees from being cut down in a central park. However, the move seems to have backfired, with the protesters unmoved and support growing. Demonstrations to prevent the demolition of a park on Istanbul’s Taksim Square, which is due to be replaced with a shopping mall, entered their third [...] → Read the full article…