Tuesday, July 30, 2013

OpEdNews - Article: Turkey: Unrest's Currents Run Deep

Turkey: Unrest's Currents Run Deep

For the time being, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyio Erdogan -- with the liberal use of brutal police tactics and massive amounts of tear gas that killed four people and injured more than 8,000 -- appears to have successfully crushed demonstrations aimed at blocking the demolition of Gezi Park in central Istanbul and has weathered a similar outbreak in the country's capital, Ankara.

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