Women at the forefront of Turkish protests
Updated: 2013-06-11 08:30
By Karim Talbi in Istanbul, Turkey ( China Daily)
They are young, urban and well educated, and for the past week they have been sleeping in an Istanbul park: meet the women on the frontline of Turkey's mass anti-government protests.
"We are the women Erdogan would like to see staying at home," said actress Sevi Algan, 37, referring to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who protesters say is forcing his conservative, Islamic values on the mainly Muslim but staunchly secular nation.
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