Turkish Official Seeks to Calm Anti-Government Protests
Turkey’s deputy prime minister sought to mollify tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators on Tuesday by apologizing for a police crackdown on a peaceful protest that triggered five days of rioting across the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/06/04/world/europe/04reuters-turkey-protests.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
Workers strike in support of Turkey protests
Two-day strike under way to protest over government’s harsh response to demonstrations that have swept the nation.
Thousands of public sector workers in Turkey are on a two-day strike in support of anti-government demonstrations.
The strike was called by The Public Workers Unions Confederation in response to “state terror implemented against mass protests across the country”. It said the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had “shown once again … enmity to democracy”.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/06/20136464616805636.html
TURKISH GOV’T OFFERS APOLOGY AS PROTESTS CONTINUE
On Tuesday, hundreds of riot police backed by water cannons were stationed around Ankara’s main square near the prime minister’s office.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_TURKEY_PROTEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-06-04-06-06-23
Turkey protests: second fatality reported as widespread civil unrest continues
A 22-year-old man died in a hospital after being shot during protests in southern Turkey, as trade unions prepare to strike in support of those on the streets.
Turkey’s deputy prime minister sought to mollify tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators on Tuesday by apologizing for a police crackdown on a peaceful protest that triggered five days of rioting across the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/06/04/world/europe/04reuters-turkey-protests.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
Workers strike in support of Turkey protests
Two-day strike under way to protest over government’s harsh response to demonstrations that have swept the nation.
Thousands of public sector workers in Turkey are on a two-day strike in support of anti-government demonstrations.
The strike was called by The Public Workers Unions Confederation in response to “state terror implemented against mass protests across the country”. It said the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had “shown once again … enmity to democracy”.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/06/20136464616805636.html
TURKISH GOV’T OFFERS APOLOGY AS PROTESTS CONTINUE
On Tuesday, hundreds of riot police backed by water cannons were stationed around Ankara’s main square near the prime minister’s office.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_TURKEY_PROTEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-06-04-06-06-23
Turkey protests: second fatality reported as widespread civil unrest continues
A 22-year-old man died in a hospital after being shot during protests in southern Turkey, as trade unions prepare to strike in support of those on the streets.
“Abdullah Comert was seriously wounded … after gunfire from an
unidentified person,” the NTV television station said, quoting a
statement from the local governor’s office in the Hatay province.
He died in hospital, the private station added.
With the latest casualty, the death toll rose to at least two in what
has become a wave of protests against the Justice and Development Party
(AKP) government in cities across the country.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/10097368/Turkey-protests-second-fatality-reported-as-widespread-civil-unrest-continues.html
Turkish PM Erdogan sees himself leading ‘Turkish Spring’
Erdogan has used his blustering, assertive style and a common touch that courts the conservative Islamic heartland to dominate Turkish politics like no leader since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the modern secular republic in 1923.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/03/us-turkey-protests-erdogan-idUSBRE95215720130603
Source: http://investmentwatchblog.com
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/10097368/Turkey-protests-second-fatality-reported-as-widespread-civil-unrest-continues.html
Turkish PM Erdogan sees himself leading ‘Turkish Spring’
Erdogan has used his blustering, assertive style and a common touch that courts the conservative Islamic heartland to dominate Turkish politics like no leader since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the modern secular republic in 1923.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/03/us-turkey-protests-erdogan-idUSBRE95215720130603
Source: http://investmentwatchblog.com