Turkish Spring ?

[LeftEyeNine]

Primarily a peaceful demonstration to stop the demolishing of "Gezi Parkı" -a tiny park that connects to the infamous Taksim Square that was to be replaced with a mall after its destruction- turned into a fierceful chain of events following the undiscriminated, overpowered, violently inproportionate handling from the police.

The mainstream Turkish media is almost silent, only because of the fear of their bosses from Recep Tayyip Erdogan (RTE), only a few not-so-much-popular independent and opposite media are giving live feeds from the massive uprising happening around Taksim right now, into its 20th hour now.

There are casualties -an Egyptian woman hit in the head with gas canister, another Turkish citizen of Palestinian origin under intensive care following his head hemorrhage surgery, Aylin trampled under a TOMA, there are unconfirmed acts of undiluted violence of people with losing their limbs and so on.

It went so far as that neighboring military foundations have been helping the protestors with first aid kits and gas masks while some of them have come into clash with police.

Meanwhile, CNN Intl., Al Jazeera, several Norwegian, Danish channels as well as Reuters are connecting Taksim to the world -Taksim, a place maybe the most exposable to widespread attention under normal circumstances, which are non-existent following the expected authoritarian management of RTE and his ruling party.

To whomever still thinks Turkey "progressed" in last 10 years:

UP YOUR ARSES.

WE'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH OPPRESSION IN OUR LIFETIMES. YEAH, EVEN YOUR COMMONLY-HATEFUL-FOR-YEARS MILITARY-BASED REGIME DID NOT GO THIS FAR.

SCREW YOUR MALLS, SOVIET-LIKE BLOCKS OF FABRICATED LIFESTYLES, HIGHWAYS AND S*IT.

WE WANT FREEDOM. TO DRINK, WANDER, F*CK AND SPEAK AS WE LIKE.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...94U0J920130531

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe...443894367.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/31/wo...html?hpt=hp_t1


Shall this be a sparkle to the wildfire to burn down the agressively capitalist, USA-Israel-politics oriented mindless government the people have been deceived by being able to sink into debt freely -nothing else.

Oh no, I'm not buying yet another "even this connects to USA :/ ?" reaction. News have whoever are in hands with each other in shaping Middle East -as if we ever asked for it. Role models are easy to spot.

Thank you.

[LeftEyeNine]

Graphic picture blog from the rebellion. Click with care.

[Rhyfelwyr]

So this is discontent with an Islamist government and a desire for the secular alternative? If so, I guess in some ways this would make what is happening in Turkey the opposite for the various other Middle Eastern Springs.

What authoritarian measures have they been putting in place?

[ICantSpellDawg]

Obviously gun launched tear gas is unacceptable at a peaceful protest. I don't know who these people think they are to do that to innocent people anywhere in the world. How could a random traumatic brain injury have anything to do with justice?

Personally, I like Erdogan and AK, but if they had any part in this or in media suppression, they should be ashamed of themselves. There is always more work to do. Turkey is one of my top 3 favorite countries, I hope that they pull there head out with this banana republic mentality that they should have shed 20 years ago.

[Papewaio]

May the Green and Blues remain united until after they gain power.

[Fragony]

RIP lady, I hope they get the guy who did that

Edit, I heard the army is handing out gasmasks to protesters, what is happening here LEN? Did Ordugan piss the army off too much?

[Vladimir]

I thought this was an interesting and depressing peice: http://m.gulfnews.com/opinion/how-tu...ends-1.1223309


While Ankara’s foreign policy struggles in the Middle East may have been inevitable, its isolation elsewhere seems self-inflicted