A ‘Turkish Spring'?
An examination of Turkey and the Arab Spring protests via the main slogans and goals along with a cursory analysis of their political histories is enough to point out their difference in nature.
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Yet Another Instance of Islamic Exceptionalism?
The Islamist identity of Morsi and his party seems to be the major reason for the reticence of the international community and media in defining this coup a coup!
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There are four main emotions that the Gezi Park protesters were moved by: elitism, defeat, despair- hopelessness and fear-paranoia.
Now it is time to adopt a calmer approach while analyzing the Gezi Park protests. Since the beginning of the protests, not only the composition but also the motive and aim of the protesters have gradually changed.
The Gezi Park phenomenon is the first test of the government against a new type of political citizenship that has made an attempt to take charge of political representation somehow.
The leftists and the liberals possess the necessary models that can make an abstract question out of all problems and then solve them with the primitive positivist models of 19th century.
Aqua Fluit, Arénam Manet
Since the beginning of the protests, not only the composition but also the motive and aim of the protesters have gradually changed.
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Character Assassination
It is certain that the character assassination targeting PM ErdoÄŸan through the Gezi Park protests does not expect to reach a conclusion right now. The aim of the character assassination is to obliterate ErdoÄŸanÂ’s decision-making capacity by 2015. At this point, ErdoÄŸanÂ’s leadership test begins.
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Our political research department's analyst Galip Dalay answered Russia Today's questions regarding recent protests in Turkey.
Unlike what many suppose, democracy is a regime where conservative governmentsÂ’ conservative policies do not constitute ground for accusations of authoritarianism.
What will shape politics and the society in Turkey from now on is not the identity of those who were in Taksim, but who they represented both qualitatively and quantitatively.
If we are seriously to talk about the last two weeks, there is nothing but a huge political inaptitude in front of us.
