[Eleutheria5]

Sangfroid. Will O cheer on the advance of democracy? Or does he only do that for the MB?

[humblegunner]

Did you know there are other sources of news on that internet thingy?

Or are you paid to promote this single source?

[dynachrome]

“They want to turn this country into an Islamist state, they want to impose their vision all the while pretending to respect democracy.”

Duh. You got what you voted for. We got obozo. The difference grows smaller.

[Irenic]

Wooo hooo! Arab Spring...what, this one isn't on the list of accepted freedom lovers? Never mind.

Iran

Turkey

[PapaBear3625]

Looking at the pics of protestors, I see a lot of people waving red flags. In a battle between Islamists and Communists, there’s nobody to root for.

[arthurus]

A Tutkish Spring?

[I want the USA back]

Who will they blame for this? Jews? Christians? George Bush?

[struggle]

Some crazy video from there today. The police ran over a protester with an “assault vehicle” and the mob rushed it and possibly pushed it over.

[Bluestocking]

The hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who continue to flood into Turkey must be hurting the country’s economy — a situation that must be provoking at least some of Turkey’s unrest.

But at least it’s only been refugees crossing into Turkey. If it hadn’t been for Israel’s destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons factory, clouds of deadly sarin gas could have joined the Syria-to-Turkey exodus.

Turkey’s prime minister needs to stop worrying about urban parks and join Israel in saving the Middle East from the growing destruction the Syrian civil war is visiting upon it.

[left that other site]

They riot over renovating a park,

Yet we can’t seem to pull together a protest over Benghazi, The Constitutional Abuses by the IRS, The DOJ, The EPA, and Obamacare.

What’s wrong with this picture?

[JoeFromSidney]

One of my former students, from when I taught in Turkey (I won't use a name) has today put about 2 dozen posts on FaceBook showing pictures of the protests and reposting stories from the injured. This started as a protest over turning a park into something else, but has grown into a major anti-government protest. I've no idea how it will turn out, but it's one of the most significant events in Turkey in the last decade or so.

[RetiredArmy]

People of the religion of peace seems to be a bit upset at their dear leaders.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Good for the Turkish people. Erdogan has been playing very fast and lose with their form of democracy. He has got himself a lot of trouble. A riot in Ankara means a lot less than one in Istanbul a world city with 17 million inhabitants.

If he does not look out he nay be in for a "Ceaucescu"

[WilliamofCarmichael]

In case no one has mentioned Ms Berlinski she's an American and long-time resident in Istanbul.

She has lots of information and links I am sure.