Protest in Turkey

I think the Turkish people had enough of their Islamist government interference in their daily life. They are in streets protesting. Today is day seven of the protest.

A decade or so ago, Erdagon backed by the welfare party won a convincing victory. Turkey’s military had some reservation with the Islamists but they were not able to do much because Erdagon was elected democratically.

Over the years, the Islamist began to show their true color. The views and opinions of the highly secularized Turkish society didn’t seem to matter anymore.

Well, what do you do if your government refuses to listen to you and continuously act against your best interests?

A group of people, mostly the environmentalists, started protesting over the proposed demolition of a park in Istanbul.

The police were called in to suppress the protestors. More people joined in the protest from elsewhere once they saw police brutality.

Turkey’s Islamist Prime Minister made a number of moronic statements that did nothing but fueled public’s anger. The government controlled media insulted the Turks by not even covering the protest. In fact they were broadcasting a series of entertainment programs! But thank god we have Internet.

The protest is still ongoing. It’s hard to see where this is going. Will this grow into a full fledge Turkish Spring?

The government of Turkey branded their own people as extremists/hooligans and vowed to do everything to crush their opponents. Sounds like the Turkish government would fit snugly with their Middle Eastern neighbors’ mini kingdoms and despotic rulers.

I bet the Europeans watching events unfolding in Turkey would now be even more determine to deny Turkey EU membership. How do you deal with the Islamists?


Let’s not kid ourselves. You can’t deal or negotiate with Islamists. For them, it’s either all or nothing.