"It has been highly regrettable that the prime minister has fuelled the perception that the government is not interested in reaching out to all of Turkey, apparently turning a deaf ear to the protesters. He has said that the Taksim construction project will go ahead, that demonstrators are “hooligans,” that democracy is secured by the vote at the ballot box, and that you get your chance every few years. The prime minister has even referred obliquely to local and foreign provocateurs being behind the protests and called social media a “curse”. The mainstream liberal daily newspaperRadikalreported on June 6 that police had detained several people on suspicion of “inciting criminal activities” with their tweets..... Taksim is not Tahrir, but transition to democracy in Turkey has to mean more than a vote in an election." Emma Sinclair-Webb, from Human Rights Watch
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:26:54 +0000
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