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UPDATE: Erdogan’s mistake (auf Englisch)

After another night in which police forces cleared Gezi Park, hundreds of demonstrators have returned to „stand ground“. This morning, the Turkish Prime Minister issued a „last warning“ to protesters to leave Gezi Park, otherwise he would „clean“ the park of „terrorists“ within 24 hours. (Photo: resim77 / flickr.com / CC BY 2.0)

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Erdogan’s Mistake (auf Englisch)

When the Gezi Park protests began in Istanbul on 30 May, it was difficult to foresee that this would be the spark for something much bigger and much more virulent. When the police cracked down on protesters on May 31, many analysts, bearing in mind the history of Turkish police operations, did not expect such resistance from demonstrators and anticipated „business as usual“.

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