http://lai-choi-san.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] lai-choi-san.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2013-06-13 07:19 pm (UTC)

I wasn't sure of how you read into the main changes that occured in Turkey these last years so thank you for making things clear. My brother-in-law is Turkish, I travelled in the country and had many opportunities to speak with Turkish people and what I can say is that it's not only the young who want to keep living in a secular state, it's people of all ages.

If the protesters go home without any promise of dialogue from the government, then they're "dead". In the Turkey of Erdogan where the medias are muzzled, it's the only way to be heard. If the presence of some hipsters is all that it takes to stop you from empathizing with a population who has good reasons to be worried, then allow me to say that's a pity.

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