[WilliamofCarmichael]

. . . the logical choice for the responsibility for the latest round of civil unrest inside of Turkey is not Russia, Syria, or even Saudi Arabia, but America.

I can see us doing whatever we can to assist the military -- and thus the secular Republic -- but these protests aimed at the AK Party and Islamism are nothing new.

Yes, I have oft-posted these images but they are

1. nice to look at
2. informative, and
3. there are some who have not seen them and know very little about the goings on

Lest some think that it is mostly about land development, American interference.. well no it is not entirely. Millions of Turks have long made it plain that they are not ready to give in to Islamism, Sharia law, and burkas..

". . . 32 percent to 38 percent of Turks (upward of 25 million people) would never support the [Islamist] AKP or want to live in a country shaped solely by its values." Tens of millions of Muslims in Turkey are "Islamophobes" like us?

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The image on the banner is of Ataturk the founder of modern secular democratic constitutional Republic of Turkey. The photos are from demonstrations of a few years ago protesting the ruling AK Party's Islamist (political Islam & Sharia law) leanings and reminding the AKP that they promised the voters that they would respect Turkey's heritage of secularism.

[BobL]

We’ll see where Turkey goes. I too noticed that the women protesting were not wearing burkas and have no desire to EVER have to wear those spacesuits. But they may be outnumbered, given the clown that was elected to run the country.

[bronxville]

Ataturk was the leader of the young turks who led the genocide of almost 2 million Armenians. They used the Kurds to lead the charge promising them their own state then turned against them when the armenians were cleansed. The Kurds have been fighting them ever since...don’t think they’d be fooled again by the Turks.

[Domangart]

You see there where the problem has always been. The city Turks are laid back and the country ones are hard core. They have been moving to the city's for years. They are the ones Erdogan is sucking up to.