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| Turkey Protesters Reject Erdogan's 'Last Warning' |
| 2013-06-14 |
| [An Nahar] Turkish protesters said Thursday they would remain in Istanbul's Gezi Park despite a "last warning" by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to evacuate the green patch at the center of deadly anti-government unrest. "We will stay in Gezi Park with all our demands and sleeping bags," Taksim Solidarity, the core group behind the campaign to save the park, said in a statement, rejecting the government's proposal to hold a referendum on the site's controversial redevelopment. Earlier on Thursday, Erdogan issued a "last warning" for thousands of protesters to evacuate the park. "I'm making my last warning: mothers, fathers please withdraw your kids from there," Erdogan said in a live television broadcast. "We cannot wait any longer because Gezi Park does not belong to occupying forces. It belongs to everybody." The premier urged environmental protesters to withdraw so that police could clear the site of "illegal organizations." "Don't sadden us anymore, let us clean Gezi park and return it to its rightful owners... the people of Istanbul." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 IIRC, a Turkish Babe on FOX was remarking that the protesters want a democratic Turkey, NOT a hardline, pro-Sharia Islamic totalitarian or despotic State. Many of the Babes in the protests could pass for any modern or post-modern contemporary Femme in the US-Euro-West - Baseball-Sports Caps, hair in long or ponytails, summer tops + shorty shorts or jeans, side bags everywhere,...@etc - DIDN'T SEE OR NOTICE ANY BABE(S0 IN A TRADITIONAL HEAD-TO-TOE BURQUA. Not to argue there weren't any, but I didn't see any in the news footages. ALSO, MANY LEFTIST-COMMUNISTS APPAREN SUPPORT THE PROTESTS. Prolly safe to say that the protests are more than just "anti-Sharia/ Islamism". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-14 20:04 |
| #1 the best aerial view I've found of Gezi park is here |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-06-14 00:16 |
