Quote:İstanbul - Police intervened in a group of people at Taksim Gezi Park
in Istanbul by using tear gas and pressurized water against those
protesting the demolition of the park and uprooting of the trees since
Monday.A group of protestors who gathered at Taksim Square was dispersed by police using pressurized water and tear gas.

In the intervention, some protestors were injured. Medical teams arrived on the scene and treated them.

A Egyptian woman (Lavna Allani) with head injury was taken to hospital. Her medical condition is critical and skull is broken.

[WARNING: Graphical Image of the wounded Woman]


Within the scope of the Taksim pedestrianization project, approved by the
government in February 2012, the Gezi Park walls facing the Elmadag area
were demolished by construction workers on Monday night. Shortly after,
a group of protesters came to the park to prevent further uprooting of
the trees and demolition of walls.Earlier, Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan commented on the protests by saying that the government
had made its decision and there would be no U-turn in this regard.[URL="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=304_1370018840"]
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CrazyForDex Wrote:When I read the title, I imagined armed vegetarians protesting people eating poultry. Sad to say I am disappointed.

Why exactly are people rioting?

Ah I see, down with authoritarianism.

Nion Wrote:And I thought the Arab Spring was the end of protests. This just keeps going on and on; I wonder who'll be next. :/

Satellite Wrote:[MENTION=9110]DavyJonesx[/MENTION] I forgot to say, I thought you were Dutch because of the flag. My cousins are half-Turkish(Kurdish to be exact) with relatives in Turkey so I'm kinda interested in this.

Anyway, putting aside the main reason, dictatorship, it's something about the current government trying to "Islamize" Turkey right? Or have I got it all wrong?

CrazyForDex Wrote:[MENTION=9110]DavyJonesx[/MENTION];
Thanks for all the translations and the great insight into this. I really do not know much about these protests so I have really enjoyed reading this thread.

Curtiss Wrote:That's awfully harsh, I can see why the Turks are protesting thanks to the translation you've protested. And no news coverage even? It's awful and I hope Erdogan gets overthrown for disrespecting the founder's wishes and twisting religion to make a nation he wants instead of listening to the people.

Wikipedia Wrote:Atatürk was a military officer during World War I.[1] Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, he led the Turkish national movement in the Turkish War of Independence. Having established a provisional government in Ankara, he defeated the forces sent by the Allies. His military campaigns led to victory in the Turkish War of Independence. Atatürk then embarked upon a program of political, economic, and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the former Ottoman Empire into a modern, secular and European nation-state. Under his leadership, thousands of new schools were built, primary education was made free and compulsory, while the burden of taxation on peasants was reduced.[2] The principles of Atatürk's reforms, upon which modern Turkey was established, are referred to as Kemalism.

SaptaZapta Wrote:I certainly think his policies will hurt Turkey and its citizens, and cause trouble in the area. But we do need to remember that there are many people in Turkey who do support him.