Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Trouble in Turkey


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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