Friday, June 07, 2013

Tourists to Turkey Get More Than They Bargained For - Businessweek

Tourists to Turkey Get More Than They Bargained For
By Sarah A. Topol

When Holger (he declines to give his last name out of concern for his privacy) and his four co-workers landed in Istanbul for a quick vacation from Germany last week, they had no idea the view from their hotel in Taksim Square would include a front-row seat to the biggest protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a decade. And they definitely didn’t pack for tear gas.

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