Standing in Solidarity with the Turkish People
The present situation in Turkey illustrates perfectly the lack of freedom that exists within the country.
By: Rachel Avraham
As Israelis, we should sympathize with the Turkish people as they fight for true democracy and human rights.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” As we speak, the Turkish government is committing a great injustice against the Turkish people. A group of Turkish environmentalists, who wanted nothing more than to save the last green area of Istanbul, located in the Taksim Gezi Park, from being developed into a shopping mall were brutally attacked by the Turkish police with tear gas and water canons. Since then, a massive protest movement has erupted in Turkey, calling for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign. Many Turks are upset with Erdogan’s government for brutally suppressing dissent and trying to make Turkish society more Islamist in nature, which are sentiments that Israelis should sympathize with.
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