Turkish Spring, the Hidden Story of the Week is Breaking Out.

[Coyotl]

"... three days ago, 700 people gathered to protest this, and police gassed them. Next day, 7,000 people gathered in the same square, and the police gassed them. And on Saturday, 700,000 people came together, and then the police fled...."

This seems to be evolving into an anti-Islamist government 'Spring" from a Save a Park beginning.

Democracy Now is the outlet with the full story as of today:
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/3/a_turkish_spring_over_1_000

Rec the Breaking News thread here to add visibility to this popular uprising:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014499287

[Coyotl]

1. Twitter ‘menace’ fuelling Turkey protests, prime minister says, as thousands call for his government

Tweet this:

Twitter ‘menace’ fuelling Turkey protests, prime minister says, as thousands call for his government to resign

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/03/twitter-menace-fuelling-turkey-protests-prime-minister-says-as-thousands-call-for-his-government-to-resign/

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkey’s prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is a “dictator,” dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe, even as thousands returned to the landmark Istanbul square that has become the site of the fiercest anti-government outburst in years.

Over the past three days, protesters around the country have unleashed pent-up resentment against Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who after 10 years in office many Turks see as an uncompromising figure with undue influence in every part of life.

A huge, exuberant protest in Taksim Square subsided overnight, but an estimated 10,000 people again streamed into the area on Sunday, many waving flags, chanting “victory, victory, victory” and calling on Erdogan’s government to resign.

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[L0oniX]

2. I've been reassured that this will not develop into anything by...

idiots.

[Coyotl]

3. The story is still sinking like a rock on DU

sort of like Egypt's Arab Spring got no traction at first

[bemildred]

4. Erdogan seems to be making Morsi's mistake.

That authoritarian attitude is hard to give up.