Mass protests in Turkey [live-update thread]

[Agritum]

Some old women in Southern Italy use it, too. It's a Mediterranean thing.

Not quite. Old ladies in Lithuania wear it all the time.

...but the Baltic Sea is the little brother of the Mediterannean

[Kemalist]

That's not a hijab, but a traditional cloth, mostly worn by old women not on religious grounds.

Ah. In that case I need to revise my number of hijabs spotted in Turkey significantly downward. So if you see an old lady in Turkey, assume it's a traditional cloth and not a lazily tied hijab?

You can easily figure that out. It's pretty similar to what many Russian old women also wear;

https://www.google.com.tr/search?um=1&b ... cXpdicJbnU

[The Spiral Future]

Discredit? As if that would work against people who believe in your nations founding ideals who seem to be the majority.

It's not like the religious have a problem with secularism, but there should be some kind of mutual respect toward each other. Mosque is a sacred place for many people here and they could act more carefully.

Surely; most of the religious will not support us anyway; but no need to fan the hatred.

I suppose so, that said this attempt to discredit the movement will not work. If there are religious people in the movement then it should be clear that these few do not represent the whole.

[Riders of State Road 417]

I heard Gezi Park's among the last of Istanbul's green spaces. These environmentalists' protest, while admirable, isn't going to stop the park from being bulldozed. Will it?

[Shofercia]

Ah. In that case I need to revise my number of hijabs spotted in Turkey significantly downward. So if you see an old lady in Turkey, assume it's a traditional cloth and not a lazily tied hijab?

You can easily figure that out. It's pretty similar to what many Russian old women also wear;

https://www.google.com.tr/search?um=1&b ... cXpdicJbnU

Why is Donald Trump a part of that search?

[Arglorand]

Not quite. Old ladies in Lithuania wear it all the time.

...but the Baltic Sea is the little brother of the Mediterannean

On that note, Lithuania is often referred to as the Italy of the Baltics.

Don't ask me why.

Our cuisine is terrible.

[The Spiral Future]

I heard Gezi Park's among the last of Istanbul's green spaces. These environmentalists' protest, while admirable, isn't going to stop the park from being bulldozed. Will it?

Take a look at this : http://i.imgur.com/qh9gQdG.jpg

The whole thing has gotten less about that and more about the erosion of Turkeys' founding ideals.

[Arglorand]

You can easily figure that out. It's pretty similar to what many Russian old women also wear;

https://www.google.com.tr/search?um=1&b ... cXpdicJbnU

Why is Donald Trump a part of that search?

Obviously, under his fake hair, he's just a Russian old woman.

[Agritum]

...but the Baltic Sea is the little brother of the Mediterannean

On that note, Lithuania is often referred to as the Italy of the Baltics.

Don't ask me why.

Our cuisine is terrible.

If you are crime infested, with high political corruption rates and bigotry in the population, then yes, you're the Italy of the Baltics.

[Shofercia]

Why is Donald Trump a part of that search?

Obviously, under his fake hair, he's just a Russian old woman.

And YOU'RE FIRED!

For that comment

Sorry, just wanted to use that meme

[Shofercia]

On that note, Lithuania is often referred to as the Italy of the Baltics.

Don't ask me why.

Our cuisine is terrible.

If you are crime infested, with high political corruption rates and bigotry in the population, then yes, you're the Italy of the Baltics.

To be fair, that applies to all of the Baltics, not just Lithuania.

[The Spiral Future]

http://i.imgur.com/PAKETMd.png

Protestors in Turkey have seized a caterpillar in Besiktas and are chasing the police.

[Arglorand]

If you are crime infested, with high political corruption rates and bigotry in the population, then yes, you're the Italy of the Baltics.

To be fair, that applies to all of the Baltics, not just Lithuania.

Hey, hey, hey, don't judge, Russian.

But yes I guess that means we're the Italy of the Baltics welp

[Camelza]

Ah. In that case I need to revise my number of hijabs spotted in Turkey significantly downward. So if you see an old lady in Turkey, assume it's a traditional cloth and not a lazily tied hijab?

You can easily figure that out. It's pretty similar to what many Russian old women also wear;

https://www.google.com.tr/search?um=1&b ... cXpdicJbnU

Is there any possibility that the Kemalist military will act? Or alternatively, can President Gul give an end to all of this?

[The Spiral Future]

http://i.imgur.com/PAKETMd.png

Protestors in Turkey have seized a caterpillar in Besiktas and are chasing the police.

And here is the aftermath or so i've been told : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTSnVdar0Gc

[DogDoo 7]

Ah. In that case I need to revise my number of hijabs spotted in Turkey significantly downward. So if you see an old lady in Turkey, assume it's a traditional cloth and not a lazily tied hijab?

You can easily figure that out. It's pretty similar to what many Russian old women also wear;

https://www.google.com.tr/search?um=1&b ... cXpdicJbnU

[Camelza]

http://i.imgur.com/PAKETMd.png

Protestors in Turkey have seized a caterpillar in Besiktas and are chasing the police.

This reminds me...

[Agritum]

http://i.imgur.com/PAKETMd.png

Protestors in Turkey have seized a caterpillar in Besiktas and are chasing the police.

And here is the aftermath or so i've been told : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTSnVdar0Gc

And so ends the tale of the People's Bulldozer.

[The Spiral Future]

And here is the aftermath or so i've been told : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTSnVdar0Gc

And so ends the tale of the People's Bulldozer.

Did you see the end of the video with what appeared to be gas canisters being thrown.

[DogDoo 7]

And so ends the tale of the People's Bulldozer.

Did you see the end of the video with what appeared to be gas canisters being thrown.

sounded like shock grenades. do the turkish police have shock grenades?

[Arglorand]

And here is the aftermath or so i've been told : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTSnVdar0Gc

And so ends the tale of the People's Bulldozer.

After the revolution finishes, I want a square and at least a few streets named after the People's Bulldozer.

[The Spiral Future]

Turks are closing their bank accounts and withdrawing their money from banks owned by the mainstream media bosses which blacked out mass protests against the government. Garanti Bank lost 13% of its share price.

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/o ... l=GARAN.IS

Comes form source, could anyone confirm this? By that I mean that this is the cause, I know it has dropped 13%.

[Kemalist]

You can easily figure that out. It's pretty similar to what many Russian old women also wear;

https://www.google.com.tr/search?um=1&b ... cXpdicJbnU

Is there any possibility that the Kemalist military will act? Or alternatively, can President Gul give an end to all of this?

The president is more reasonable for sure, he made a statement criticizing Erdogan by implication, saying "Democracy is not all about elections" and said the protesters' messages have been taken.

But we want to see some real action. I believe he has the power to pull the police off, or at least have the government do so.

[The Spiral Future]

Is there any possibility that the Kemalist military will act? Or alternatively, can President Gul give an end to all of this?

The president is more reasonable for sure, he made a statement criticizing Erdogan by implication, saying "Democracy is not all about elections" and said the protesters' messages have been taken.

Very interesting and he is the commander in chief like our president is here in Ireland?

[The Spiral Future]

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-982359

Turkish protestors wave money at news broadcaster NTV. The title of the article has misspelled 'wave'.