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How the tide turned against Turkey's rulers | SocialistWorker.org

How the tide turned against Turkey's rulers
September 1, 2015

Two summers ago, small protests in Istanbul against the demolition of a central green space, Gezi Park, in order to build a shopping mall spread to a national political upsurge that has since shaken the power of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

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