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elizabeth  ·  3959 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Weekly photo challenge: Unrest

How's the situation in Turkey right now? did it calm down a bit?





wasoxygen  ·  3959 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Assuming RTÜK is not interfering, the best source of news is probably Twitter:

https://twitter.com/search?q=occupygezi

Looks like things have been calm since Saturday night. Turkey's economy is doing pretty well for a restive eastern European country; most people do have jobs to go to, so the big displays happen evenings and weekends.