Monday, March 17, 2014

Turkey Protests: 'The Worst Is Yet To Come'

Turkey Protests: 'The Worst Is Yet To Come'
The Huffington Post | by Lauren Betesh

Posted: 03/17/2014 2:13 pm EDT Updated: 03/17/2014 3:59 pm EDT

The death of Berkin Elvan -- a Turkish teenager who died after being hit by a tear-gas canister on his way to buy a loaf of bread during last summer's Gezi protests-- has once again fed anti-government sentiment in the country.

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Istanbul and Ankara last week, urging the Erdogan government to resign.

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