Monday, July 01, 2013

The dividends of Gezi movement

The dividends of Gezi movement
By By Ümit Izmen /Istanbul

If Turkey’s nationalist left tend to blame everything on imperialism, the country’s nationalist right has a tradition of pointing fingers at lobbies and vested interests trying to block Turkey’s progress. That same old tune can be heard today, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself has started blaming recent unrest in Turkey on an “interest lobby”.

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