Welcome to Post-Gezi Turkey
By: Orhan Kemal Cengiz for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse Posted on September 5.
The protests that erupted in Istanbul’s Gezi Park in late May and then spread across the country marked a watershed in Turkish politics. The protests aimed to stop the cutting of trees at Gezi Park, but quickly grew into mass demonstrations against the government of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and most particularly against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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