Turkey’s protesters are nothing like what the PM has described
PATRICK MARTIN
ISTANBUL — The Globe and Mail
Published Saturday, Jun. 08 2013, 2:30 PM EDT
Istanbul is bullish on democracy these days. The downtown Taksim Square is packed Saturday and getting even more crowded.
Demonstrators want to send a message to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: they are tired of one-man rule. They elected him to be a prime minister, not a dictator, they say. (Of course, I’ve yet to find one person who actually voted for him, though 50 per cent of the overall population did.)
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