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I have several light burns around my body. Got hit by a gas canister. Seen people shot down with plastic bullets and got sprayed with an orange liquid that burns like hell.
The PM says social media is a damnation of god and we had several outages of twitter and facebook.
Meanwhile, CNN Turk shows penguin documentaries.
I've been there in Ankara protests last 2 days / nights. I have several light burns around my body. Got hit by a gas canister. Seen people shot down with plastic bullets and got sprayed with an orange liquid that burns like hell. The PM says social media is a damnation of god and we had several outages of twitter and facebook. Meanwhile, CNN Turk shows penguin documentaries.
I've been there in Ankara protests last 2 days / nights. I have several light burns around my body. Got hit by a gas canister. Seen people shot down with plastic bullets and got sprayed with an orange liquid that burns like hell. The PM says social media is a damnation of god and we had several outages of twitter and facebook. Meanwhile, CNN Turk shows penguin documentaries.
Uh, I am moving there at the end of the summer. That is pretty much last thing I want to see at the moment. I am hoping they manage to finish this thing before. Although, I would prefer Turkey to be peaceful, I do understand and agree with these protest. If there happens the worst case scenario and real revolution, does anyone have info, how safe it is after that usually?
But as far as I can tell, the government seems to be starting to accept the blame and even Erdogan will probably fall in line in a few days. It probably won't escalate anymore. I wouldn't worry if I were you.
I've been there in Ankara protests last 2 days / nights. I have several light burns around my body. Got hit by a gas canister. Seen people shot down with plastic bullets and got sprayed with an orange liquid that burns like hell. The PM says social media is a damnation of god and we had several outages of twitter and facebook. Meanwhile, CNN Turk shows penguin documentaries.
Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
Peace and love to you all.
It started as a civilian resistance for excessive police force. Unique and special part of this movement was political distribution of people in it. Erdogan's party rule 3'rd times the government. At this point they changed from independent, democrat, liberal party to totaliter one. So people in the movement is consist of multiple former Akp (Erdogan's party) supporter, too. That's why it should be important for Erdo…
People have also written that the new rule banning alcohol at 10 pm is making secular society nervous.
Uh, I am moving there at the end of the summer. That is pretty much last thing I want to see at the moment. I am hoping they manage to finish this thing before. Although, I would prefer Turkey to be peaceful, I do understand and agree with these protest. If there happens the worst case scenario and real revolution, does anyone have info, how safe it is after that usually?
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution?utm_source=lsplay...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nationalism is a thing, you know. The Turks look down on the Kurds and the Arabs, the Levantine Arabs think the Mashreqis are a bunch of hicks with oil, the Maghrebien middle and upper class are very French indeed and Iran is Shi'ite and will not be having anything to do with the Turks or Arabs if possible. And the ex-Soviet stans have two, three generations of official atheism. I could see, maybe, the unification of…
Out of interest, could you elaborate that last statement?