What changed after protests in Turkey?

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  1. haydar

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    As a first hand from me who participated in the demonstrations I would like to make a summary;

    - Why the protests started, what was the real reason under it?

    - Protests is started after a police attack to totally peaceful protests of a park where is planned to revised as its old form a Ottoman barrack but will work as a hotel or shopping mall. This was one of the several action of ultra capitalist Erdogan goverment, before they sold many historical building and green area to big capitals to make money.
    But the real reason of course was not this. This was the pick point and starter event of the anger to Erdogan and AKP goverment.
    Erdogan is PM of the country during last 10 years he made many extreme changes on the Turkish republic, as a citizen hates Erdogan and this kind of politicians who has radical islamist backround after few America wisit used by America and become a fake liberal and capitalist.
    Erdogan's first work was to destroy the military system in Turkey (this was necessary and I respect him to do it, we can call this realluy progressive and risky action) however when he is doing it he made a big attack with some unexist scenarios, more than 400 general sent to prison as additionally hundereds of journalists are sent to prison. Some of them had nothing with crime, their only crime was to declarate Erdogans relations with USA or to hate him.

    Hence Erdogan kept all system including the big part of Army, secular people of Turkey started to be anaxious to see all power is in a guy who doesn't know what he is doing. Secular Kemalists were first community who gave big reaction to Erdogan from first day. Because Erdogan's backround was full of islamist speeches aganist Kemalism and secular system.

    Real liberals were with Erdogan and far left, socialists and communists, Kurds were happy to see that Turkey started to leave the militarist identity however they also had a small question mark for his political identity. Following years Erdogan started to attack to Leftists because of the critisims and protests to his capitalist stratedigies. Erdogan was selling all state companies from telecominications to railways, from forests to rivers whatever you can guess. Hundreds of journalists are arrested, political parties are attacked by police operations, politicians are arrested. Left wing declarated him as one of the biggest fashist of the country. On the other hand operations of Turkey to PKK get the top in his management, in Uludere and Robosy many civil people are killed because of wrong information, Kurds get very angry to him. Also big part of liberals kept their support from him because of anti freedom actions.

    As a result of all these reasons people were really angry to him at he last years his and foreign minister Davutoglu's really tragedic decions on Syria and last deal with PKK and Ocalan collected big anger even from his voters and nationalists.

    All these anger exploded after people see that polis is attacking civil protesters who is trying defend the nature and the other day tousands of people went to support them. However Erdogan and police attacked with gas bombs and with water cannons instead of to make cal the events. Erdogan said in his first speech '' We will go on to the project we will not ask to few useless people to decide'' this speech even made people more crazy befor this speech he offered to bann to sell alchol after 22.00 and he used the word 2 alcholic with close words for Mustafa Kemal and Ismet İnonu who were establisher of modern Turkey. At the thirt day people orginised from facebook and twiter because Turkish media was showing documentary movies when these events are happening. Thirth day suprisingly maybe milion of people wanted to walk to Taksim and occupy the park again police was useless aganist to crowd I was there and ı can exatly say police escaped because people was like ants all around of Istanbul. As a result people ocuupied Taksim and put barricades in Taksim. Erdogan escaped to North Africa tour, he never used anger words and he even called protesters useless, vandal, alcholic e.g., he told that he can collect milions of people, he defensed his islamic banns. He never make a back step and as a result he attacked again taksim with police with gas, pullets. At the end of the events 4 people died 15 people lost their eyes because of gas boms sent over people.

    Demonstrations are going on as passive now, to stand in squares without moving, to make forums in parks, to make tent camps and to protest Erdogan everywhere and to deny to use banks, credit cards and to deny the competitor TV channels.

    AS a result of this events, we saw that already all intellectuals, proffesors educated people are aganist him. And this people are so brave and patient on the other hand Erdogan's voters mostly exist from ''uneducated'' villagers and people who has profit from the system. Erdogan system and Turkish sucsess story n economy is little bit ballon made by American and West press. Turkey is bigest 17th economy untill 1993 however this is declarated like a succsess of Erdogan, Turkey finished the debt to IMF but has 3 times more debt to wrold bank this shown as a succsess story.

    What will happen at now?

    Now things are changed, USA and west understood that they can't go on with him anymore because %50 of people hate him, and he is really unbalanced...
    His despotic style started to disturb even his voters and his ministers, resigns could come untill elections.
    After USA take support from Turkey, economy will fall down. fake welfare will finish soon.
    Russia and west agrred on Syria issue and turkey stayed alone there, this will make Erdogan unwanted man at the region soon.

    Still %40 maybe %50 supporting him but for sure this elections and he is elected his goverment will be last of his term, he will fall everyday in this goverment...
     

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