fiercest anti-government protest in Turkey entered 4th day

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turkey protest  060213Turkish protesters clashed with riot police into the early hours of Monday with some setting fire to offices of the ruling AK Party as the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years entered their fourth day.

Turkey’s streets were calm in the morning after a night of noisy protests and violence in major cities.

In the western port city of Izmir, protesters threw fire bombs at AK Party offices overnight and television footage showed part of the building ablaze. Firefighters put out the fire, the Dogan news agency reported.

Bus shelters, paving stones and street signs ripped up by protesters to make barricades that littered a major avenue by the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul where some of the heaviest clashes took place overnight, and graffiti covered walls.

Roads around Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s office in Istanbul were sealed off as police fired teargas to push back protesters in the early hours of Monday.

In the main street near Erdogan’s office, one demonstrator drove a small mechanical digger towards police lines as other protesters followed behind. At a nearby mosque, medical staff including trainee doctors treated those hurt in the clashes.

Police raided a shopping complex in the centre of the capital Ankara where they believed demonstrators were sheltering, detaining several hundred.
Reuters

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16 responses to “fiercest anti-government protest in Turkey entered 4th day”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Yah … getting more stupid there too …

    1. AntiFSA Avatar
      AntiFSA

      All they need now is to create a group and call it the Free Turkish Army (FTA).

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Won’t happen Anti – not until Erdogan places snipers to pick off demonstrators … so far they only use water-cannons, not artillery shells … and the police are not Shabiha.

        1. AntiFSA Avatar
          AntiFSA

          Water cannons do not kill or severely injure people 5th. Thus far 6 are confirmed dead and thousands have been injured at the hands of these friendly police. I have seen on different news channel including the internet (and 5th not only on Sana and Press tv) the way these demonstrators including woman and children have been brutally beaten. However I suppose the media are telling lies, rite. After all we can only believe the media when it has something bad to say about Assad, Iran or Hezbollah. Take this blog for an example, Had these protest been in Syria or Iran, it would have been one of the hottest topics. Not to say that Yalibnan is biased or anything like that. ๐Ÿ™‚
          There will be an uprising in Turkey bigger than the one happening now which will involve all the weapon that were transferred from Turkey to Syria. ITS PAY BACK TIME. The PKK are going to have a field day.

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I can’t recall the original Syrian demonstrators throwing rocks. Or Shabiha having water-cannon. Hmmm .. did I miss that stage?
            But I have seen these ‘demonstrators’ throwing rocks a couple of days into it – which could also kill. I assume that’s ok if the police have plastic shields and helmets? If I was a cop, I might get a little peeved – take a good swing in anger with my club, which can also kill. I’d call it the ‘Gaza Syndrome’ of demonstration … but it has been seen in other countries both east and west, and is the anarchists’ method, besides tearing up the place. But isn’t that what ‘tree huggers’ want? To go kill people and not trees?? ๐Ÿ˜‰
            It’s not about ‘a bias’ … anyone could be biased … I prefer Glenfiddich to Glenlivet, but can live with both, and not want to kill the label on the bottle or the friend who only has ‘livet’.
            It’s about the mindset that allows people to say it’s ok to be violent to make their statements about what they hope to see. More and more it’s that ‘Get In Their Face’ type of thinking … and violence only creates more. Twits tweeting for instant change because their phone works that way, will only create the ‘hollywood’ scenes of the future. Dead places controlled by ‘military’ minds. They will have given up the democracy they seek by those methods – and the Anti-Democracy types propagate it. Right?
            (read Brotherhoods)
            I am sure ‘the children’ were not throwing the rocks … and maybe not their mothers … but who in their right mind would take kids into that scene anyway?? OR allow a child to go ‘watch’?
            Ah well, If in Tripoli a 10-hr-old can carry a real weapon and be interviewed about it on TV, I guess we need to re-define what is a ‘child’ and what we must allow the little darlings to do too, at a given age .
            (better lower the drinking age soon – your 8 yr old will demand ‘now’)
            At least in Turkey there is MUCH better ‘media coverage’ than ever was allowed in Syria – or Iran – and perhaps Egypt as well, especially after Mubarak. (Lebanon is not gentle on reporters lately either it seems.)

            The freedom of the media is a measure of the society’s level of it.
            Where a majority do NOT wish to be embroiled in violent scenes or living in underground car-garages at night, they are more likely to agree with having a police-force. (and then there’s Lebanon …) That Force is about upholding laws in place at the moment. There are other ways of changing ‘law’ than throwing rocks – or killing people.
            Too bad you can’t ‘tweet’ it. But don’t be a Twit. Educate.

          2. AntiFSA Avatar
            AntiFSA

            It seems you have missed a lot of stages 5th. You and i recall two different things during the Syrian demonstrations. I recall the army being fired at which resulted with them firing back. So yes you are rite, the demonstrators did not throw rocks, they fired bullets. Not all of them of course. (best I wear some head gear because a lot on this blog will wont to throw rocks at me now) It is all though you are justifying what the Turks are doing to their people. 5th, you cant condone one and criticize the other. And when was the last time someone died in the west during a demonstration. I seriously cant remember although I could be wrong. And 5th, Johnny Walker Blue label is better than both. And that’s being biased. :))))

          3. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I stay with the unblended in the preferred drink – only.
            Look up ‘Kent State’ young fellow – and the ‘hype’ created over thoughts of freedom, and the nervousness created in the head of one soldier (at least) which made him pull a trigger – in panic of a crowd running and the noise and confusion of a short moment in time.
            A religious nervousness … by people who wished to control by religious thought … and didn’t want to listen to some new thinking … about blending, actually. ๐Ÿ™‚
            I can’t justify it … and neither could that society after. The approach of the ‘policing’ changed after that.
            (Up to a point – concussions can occur.)
            Erdogan – who just went on a political toot after an unwise speech – will be replaced next year by those who ELECT their ‘Heads of State’ and have noticed his mistake. As have the people who demonstrate.
            We can’t always know who is firing guns … but I am sure they don’t want the peaceful elections of an educated society. It’s simple as that.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Yah … getting more stupid there too …

    1. AntiFSA Avatar
      AntiFSA

      All they need know to create a group and call it the Free Turkish Army (FTA).

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Won’t happen Anti – not until Erdogan places snipers to pick off demonstrators … so far they only use water-cannons, not artillery shells … and the police are not Shabiha.

        1. AntiFSA Avatar
          AntiFSA

          Water cannons do not kill or severely injure people 5th. Thus far 6 are confirmed dead and thousands have been injured at the hands of these friendly police. I have seen on different news channel including the internet (and 5th not only on Sana and Press tv) the way these demonstrators including woman and children have been brutally beaten. However I suppose the media are telling lies, rite. After all we can only believe the media when it has something bad to say about Assad, Iran or Hezbollah. Take this blog for an example, Had these protest been in Syria or Iran, it would have been one of the hottest topics. Not to say that Yalibnan is biased or anything like that. ๐Ÿ™‚

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I can’t recall the original Syrian demonstrators throwing rocks. Or Shabiha having water-cannon. Hmmm .. did I miss that stage?
            But I have seen these ‘demonstrators’ throwing rocks – which could also kill. I assume that’s ok if the police have plastic shields and helmets? If I was a cop, I might get a little peeved – take a good swing in anger with my club, which can also kill. I’d call it the ‘Gaza Syndrome’ of demonstration … but it has been seen in other countries both east and west, and is the anarchists’ method, besides tearing up the place. But isn’t that what ‘tree huggers’ want? To go kill people and not trees?? ๐Ÿ˜‰
            It’s not about ‘a bias’ … anyone could be biased … I prefer Glenfiddich to Glenlivet, but can live with both, and not want to kill the label on the bottle or the friend who only has ‘livet’.
            It’s about the mindset that allows people to say it’s ok to be violent to make their statements about what they hope to see. More and more it’s that ‘Get In Their Face’ type of thinking … and violence only creates more. Twits tweeting for instant change because their phone works that way, will only create the ‘hollywood’ scenes of the future. Dead places controlled by ‘military’ minds. They will have given up the democracy they seek by those methods – and the Anti-Democracy types propagate it. Right?
            (read Brotherhoods)
            I am sure ‘the children’ were not throwing the rocks … and maybe not their mothers … but who in their right mind would take kids into that scene anyway?? OR allow a child to go ‘watch’?
            Ah well, If in Tripoli a 10-hr-old can carry a real weapon and be interviewed about it on TV, I guess we need to re-define what is a ‘child’ and what we must allow the little darlings to do too, at a given age .
            (better lower the drinking age soon – your 8 yr old will demand soon)
            At least in Turkey there is MUCH better ‘media coverage’ than ever was allowed in Syria – or Iran – and perhaps Egypt as well, especially after Mubarak. (Lebanon is not gentle on reporters lately either it seems.)

            The freedom of the media is a measure of the society’s level of it.
            Where a majority do NOT wish to be embroiled in violent scenes or living in underground car-garages at night, they are more likely to agree with having a police-force. (and then there’s Lebanon …) That Force is about upholding laws in place at the moment. There are other ways of changing ‘law’ than throwing rocks – or killing people.
            Too bad you can’t ‘tweet’ it. But don’t be a Twit.

          2. AntiFSA Avatar
            AntiFSA

            It seems you have missed a lot of stages 5th. You and i recall two different things during the Syrian demonstrations. I recall the army being fired at which resulted with them firing back. So yes you are rite, the demonstrators did not throw rocks, they fired bullets. Not all of them of course. (best I wear some head gear because a lot on this blog will wont to throw rocks at me now) It is all though you are justifying what the Turks are doing to their people. 5th, you cant condone one and criticize the other. And when was the last time someone died in the west during a demonstration. I seriously cant remember although I could be wrong. And 5th, Johnny Walker Blue label is better than both. And that’s being biased. :))))

          3. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I stay with the unblended in the preferred drink – only.
            Look up ‘Kent State’ young fellow – and the ‘hype’ created over thoughts of freedom, and the nervousness created in the head of one soldier (at least) which made him pull a trigger – in panic of a crowd running and the noise and confusion of a short moment in time.
            A religious nervousness … by people who wished to control by religious thought … and didn’t want to listen to some new thinking … about blending, actually. ๐Ÿ™‚
            I can’t justify it … and neither could that society after. The approach of the ‘policing’ changed after that.
            (Up to a point – concussions can occur.)
            Erdogan – who just went on a political toot after an unwise speech – will be replaced next year by those who ELECT their ‘Heads of State’ and have noticed his mistake. As have the people who demonstrate.
            We can’t always know who is firing guns … but I am sure they don’t want the peaceful elections of an educated society. It’s simple as that.

  3. Reasonableman Avatar
    Reasonableman

    WoW i was amazed at the achievments of the turkish government, its really not getting into my brain they still have freedom security plenty of work good schools and excellent retirement packages hehe and great beaches. Whats the real agenda of this protest?? Every person thats been asked why they are at the protest all have different answers to one another.
    Where there is light there is hope i guess, if he can make peace with the kurds whome have a much tougher and ruthless history im sure this is just another stepping stone to achieve unity.

  4. Reasonableman Avatar
    Reasonableman

    WoW i was amazed at the achievments of the turkish government, its really not getting into my brain they still have freedom security plenty of work good schools and excellent retirement packages hehe and great beaches. Whats the real agenda of this protest?? Every person thats been asked why they are at the protest all have different answers to one another.
    Where there is light there is hope i guess, if he can make peace with the kurds whome have a much tougher and ruthless history im sure this is just another stepping stone to achieve unity.

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