Friday, November 15, 2013

New Party Born of Gezi Park Protest Faces Hurdles to Power in Turkey - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Turkish Discontent: Gezi Protests Spawn New Party

By Hasnain Kazim in Istanbul

The protests that erupted in Turkey in May 2013 saw a local environmental protest bloom into a nationwide pro-democracy movement. A new political party has formed to channel this dissatisfaction into political power, but the hurdles to success are high.

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