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RAGING REVOLT IN TURKEY AGAINST ISLAMISM (WHITE HOUSE CALLS FOR CALM)
6/3/2013 | Self

Posted on 06/02/2013 11:06:59 PM PDT by Nextrush

There's a headline I haven't seen from the MSM this weekend but its the real story.

Three days of protests in Turkey that started out as a single protest against a park in Istanbul being turned into a mosque and shopping mall have exploded into a nationwide revolt against the ruling democratically elected Islamic AK Party.

The AP reported that the White House is calling on all parties in Turkey to 'calm the situation'.

A Brookings Institution wonk from Turkey told the BBC World News Channel tonight that although the protestors want a more liberal society, Erdogan is supported by the majority of the people in Turkey and there is no liberal alternative to his government.

Back in 1963 during the civil rights protests in Birmingham Bull Connor's watercannon were featured in photos and newsfilm seen around the world causing outrage over the issue of race in America.

It looks like history just repeated itself over the weekend.

The decision by the government of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to employ water cannon and tear gas against protestors backfired completely setting off a nationwide revolt.

Some 200 protests have been reported in 67 cities with at least hundreds of injuries reported and at least 1,700 arrrests.

The anger is aimed clearly at Erdogan with calls for him to resign.

Reports from social networks speak of police backed by plainclothes thugs breaking up protests with extensive use of water cannon and tear gas.

The Economics Editor of the BBC "Newsnight" program, Paul Mason blogged from Istanbul about Sunday nights street fighting:

"the demographic of the crowd is exactly the same as in Taksim (Friday-Saturday protest site) minus the old: so predominately middle class, urban, secular young people-average age 22-23, and a smattering of old professors... Once the police attacked they followed a conventional riot procedure--cleared barricades, fired a lot of tear gas and then brought watercannon forward, not firing on lethal power.

The vast majority, 95 percent run away at this point and regroup. They are building barricades, Paris Commune syle, by ripping up the pavements and forming human chains for the bricks.....

I was only able to talk to a few people: they go out of their way to help you up on walls etc., spray Maalox in your face as a gesture of sympathy etc. Most reacted very positively to the idea that I was from the mainstream foreign media-testimony to the face that the Turkish media is alleged to be very pro-government and not showing the worst of what's going on.

The relatively low level of resilience of the barricade fighters is actually testimony to the depth of the revolt. Most people haven't come to fight and are completely ordinary, Starbucks and laptop type people.

The skimpy tops, street fashion etc.-I saw a group of young left-nationalist women womanhandle a massive piece of metal onto a barricade-are testimony to the fact that they are totally enraged by the creeping Islamisation of society."

That's one member of the mainstream media's observations and reports from Turkey also speak about the recent moves of the government to outlaw public displays of affection and ban the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages from 10pm to 6am as creating widespread fears about the future.

There are many in Turkey who see the government as becoming increasingly authoritarian.

Prime Minister Erdogan is defiant in the face of the protests saying there are attempts to destablize the country by a minority of the people. He has denounced Twitter as well. He is appearing repeatedly on government television where no pictures of the protests are being shown.

According to NBC News: "On Sunday Erdogan appeared on television for the fourth time in less than 36 hours, and justified the restrictions on alcohol as for the good of people's health.

'I want them to know that I want these (restrictions) for the sake of their health....Whoever drinks alcohol is an alcoholic,' he said."

I just watched the morning news on the government TRT channels and you would think all is calm in Turkey today but a switch to the SkyTurk or CNNTurk channels tell a much different story.

There are videos being posted all over the place go to your favorite sites for them.

A thread on a site called Timebomb 2000 is headed "Turkish Revolution?"

We shall see about that but for now something big is happening that shouldn't be ignored or covered up by any media outlet anywhere.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cyprus; fascism; iran; islam; islamization; israel; middleeast; nato; obama; religionofpeace; russia; stealthjihad; turkey; turkishspring; tyranny; vanity; waronterror; wot
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1 posted on 06/02/2013 11:06:59 PM PDT by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

Ask Muslims in the U.S. whether they want to go back home. Some do, some don’t. Do they want the U.S. to change?

I’m not so sure the majority do want Sharia.

It gives them a superior place in society, where they can discriminate against people of other religions; but then they have to deal with the crushing loss of freedom for themselves.

Not all Muslims came here just to have that crap follow.


2 posted on 06/02/2013 11:15:35 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NATURAL BORN CITZEN: BORN IN THE USA OF CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: Nextrush

>>predominately middle class, urban, secular young people-average age 22-23<<

Coming to a city near you this summer. A real blockbuster.


3 posted on 06/02/2013 11:16:36 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: Nextrush

The pictures I saw had the protesters carrying red hammer and sickle banners. It looks like Communist vs. Islamist. I can’t root for either side.


4 posted on 06/02/2013 11:18:09 PM PDT by DB
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To: Nextrush

http://news.sky.com/story/1098327/turkey-protests-rage-on-more-than-1700-held


5 posted on 06/02/2013 11:20:09 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Nextrush

How come they always want calm only AFTER people fight back against the Islamaniacs?


6 posted on 06/02/2013 11:25:02 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: DB

Some have pointed out in other posts and I will as well that many of the red banners featured in videos are actually the Turkish flag which is red with a star and crescent that may look like a hammer and sickle to some.

However, I would agree that leftists are involved in these protests.

What is interesting is that this is a revolt against an Islamist Muslim Brotherhood type government that is supported by Barack Obama.

Its a revolt against a government that is supporting the revolt against Assad in Syria.

And its a revolt against a government that is supportive of Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinians in general against Israel.


7 posted on 06/02/2013 11:26:35 PM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
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To: Nextrush

The revolt has its own television channel and here is the link to it.

http://ustream.tv/channel/halktvcanli


8 posted on 06/02/2013 11:30:33 PM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
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To: Nextrush

A clueless, barefoot "American" stands between Erdogan and an invisible person
The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, 2009-04-07

9 posted on 06/02/2013 11:31:20 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Nextrush
Is Obama in on this?

Here's a photo of the riots in Turkey with stark evidence of the Turkish Communist Party, the TKP. From Wikipedia: "The Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP) is a political party in Turkey." Türkiye Komünist Partisi (TKP)

Hammer and sickles everywhere. I smell a rat. Are we going to have a "Turkish Spring"?

10 posted on 06/02/2013 11:59:46 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Art in Idaho

Obama has been best buds with this Islamic government for the past four plus years-meetings and phone calls etc.

But Prime Minister Erdogan favors the rebels (Islamists) in Syria.

Vladimir Putin does not favor them and is angry about the whole situation.

Maybe he is pulling some strings here to mess up Erdogan and Obama since they seem to be trying to push Assad out in Syria.


11 posted on 06/03/2013 12:11:08 AM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
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To: Nextrush
Maybe he (Putin) is pulling some strings here to mess up Erdogan and Obama since they seem to be trying to push Assad out in Syria.

Or maybe Putin and Obama are working together. Obama - a Muslim when it suits him but a Communist at heart.

Which way Obama?

12 posted on 06/03/2013 12:17:06 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Art in Idaho

That is an interesting question but I see Obama as a leftist who happens to have gone to an Islamic school as a child and to have some Islamic family roots.

He wants to fuse progressive ideology with Islam, Judaism, Chrsitianity, environmentalism, homsexuality etc. etc. like all the leftists want to.

If a wedge can be driven between the two (Islam and progressives), it would be good overall for the world and especially for Israel since their key enemies are the progressive leftists and Islamists.


13 posted on 06/03/2013 12:23:01 AM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
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To: Nextrush

February 03 2013 10:04 AM

An obscure extreme left-wing terrorist group in Turkey claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara on Friday that killed a security guard and the attacker.

The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) said the attack represented a “act of self-sacrifice” designed to target the U.S., which they branded the “murderer of the people of the world”.

Marxist groups have carried out dozens of assaults on Turkish police, military, government and security officials as part of an orchestrated plan to establish a Communist state...
http://www.ibtimes.com/turkish-communists-still-waging-cold-war-no-longer-exists-1057656#
http://www.demotix.com/news/1708501/communists-remember-murdered-activist-kesim-berlin-kreuzberg#media-1708479

While they’re not specifically the TKP one could surmise they’re intertwined not unlike their totalitarian salifist jihadi partners.


14 posted on 06/03/2013 12:25:16 AM PDT by bronxville (Margaret Sanger - “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,Â)
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The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) said the attack represented a “act of self-sacrifice” designed to target the U.S., which they branded the “murderer of the people of the world”.

HKP banner in the photo above.

15 posted on 06/03/2013 12:29:51 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Nextrush

Bump


16 posted on 06/03/2013 12:30:26 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Nextrush

“He wants to fuse progressive ideology with Islam”

Agree, as does this excellent article - A War of Laws by Daniel Greenfield:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-war-of-laws.html


17 posted on 06/03/2013 12:32:04 AM PDT by bronxville (Margaret Sanger - “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,Â)
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To: Nextrush
Someone fire up air force one and throw Obozo's a$$ on there and get him over there to give one of his teleprompter speeches>

That will SURELY straighten everything out. /s

18 posted on 06/03/2013 12:38:12 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: bronxville
Excellent article.

Found this. A communist party in every country Here. What a surprise. . .

19 posted on 06/03/2013 12:47:11 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: SatinDoll

the ones who are protesting and those who oppose Shariah are muslims by history, not real Moslems (following the Koran). They are good people but bad Moslems


20 posted on 06/03/2013 2:43:28 AM PDT by Cronos (Latin presbuteros>Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
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