Erdogan's Aim: Suffocate The Right To Protest In Turkey -- Simon A. Waldman and Emre Caliskan, Haaretz
When only pro-Erdogan demonstrations are given official backing and dissenters are greeted by tear gas – then there's no meaning to the right to protest in Turkey.
Despite the initial Turkish media blackout of events on the streets of Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Izmit, Adana, Bursa and other major Turkish cities, social media and the international press have been flooded by shocking images of heavy-handed police tactics against Turkish activists voicing their right to protest.
A peaceful demonstration against government sponsored urban development of a central Istanbul park, one of the last green spaces left in the urban sprawl of central Istanbul, has been met, day after day, with volleys of tear gas and water cannon. According to a non-governmental doctors' association, over 1,000 were injured from last Friday’s protest alone.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Why Turkey Matters -- Bruce Walker, American Thinker
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A Weak U.S.: The next president will have to get serious. -- Conrad Black, NRO