There’s trouble in Turkey.
Once again it’s a fight between those who what to control
and those who want freedoms and those who use a demonstration to incite violence.
It’s an age-old fight and conflict that only ends in the
death of some and hard thoughts for any compromise.
The protesters see the government as authoritarian with a
neo-Islamist agenda. The number of journalists now in prison in Turkey is the
highest in the world. There are new restrictions on alcohol sales. All items on
the neo-Islamist agenda.
Turkey is a Muslim democracy. One of the few and it is now
in danger of a widening schism and contentious suffering.
The Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is conservative. His
support base is religious. He blames the foreign press and says the protesters
are vandals and terrorists. It’s a script taken from dead dictators throughout
history.
It began as a demonstration by environmentalists to keep a
near-by park from being turned into a housing development. Tear gas and water
cannon was the government’s response.
Shame on those who bring violence to a peaceful
demonstration and shame on the government for an intolerant reaction.
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