Turkey's EU Minister Has a Change of Heart for Occupy Gezi?
Posted: 08/06/2013 2:48 pm
Egemen Bagis, the Turkish minister for E.U. affairs and chief negotiator, wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times last week.
Bagis argued that the Gezi Park protests "prove Turkish society's European identity."
"If there is one major reason behind the recent peaceful protests, it is because a vibrant civil society has flourished in Turkey, thanks to the opportunities we have provided to our people," he wrote.
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