Turkey: Taksim Protests Highlight Ankara's Dismal Environmental Policies
June 6, 2013 - 1:35pm, by Yigal Schleifer
The Turko-file
Yesterday was World Environment Day, a tricky occasion for the Turkish government, considering its brutal bulldozing of trees in the heart of Istanbul was the spark that led to the recent mass protests there and to what now might be a long-term "occupation" of the city's Taksim Square.
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