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[Tim Drayton]

A protest march against the shooting of Uğur Kurt is taking place in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul.



http://www.diken.com.tr/vitrin/okmeydan ... m-cagrisi/

[Tim Drayton]

Uğur Kurt has passed away. May he rest in peace.

http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turk ... betti.html

Nine people were injured in serious disturbances last night in the Okmeydanı district of Istanbul where Uğur Kurt was shot. One of them, who has hit in the head by shrapnel, is said to be in a serious condition. Five of the injured were police.

[Tim Drayton]

Uğur Kurt has passed away. May he rest in peace.

http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turk ... betti.html

Nine people were injured in serious disturbances last night in the Okmeydanı district of Istanbul where Uğur Kurt was shot. One of them, who has hit in the head by shrapnel, is said to be in a serious condition. Five of the injured were police.

The person who suffered serious injury last night, believed to be Syrian, has unfortunately now passed away. The cause of the death appears to have been a home-made pipe bomb thrown by demonstrators.

http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/kafas ... ir-1193517

[Maximus]

Erdogan defends the police and blames twitter.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkis ... sCatID=338

He is off to Germany soon to rally support from Turkish Germans and all German political parties are not happy about it.

[repulsewarrior]

http://turkeyetc.wordpress.com/2014/05/ ... ew-turkey/

...I will add this for the record, a very interesting read, with photos.

[Tim Drayton]

http://turkeyetc.wordpress.com/2014/05/23/soma-lifting-the-stone-on-the-new-turkey/

...I will add this for the record, a very interesting read, with photos.

An exceptionally detailed and well-researched report. Thanks.

[Tim Drayton]

Angry miners have marched from Soma to the regional headquarters of the miners’ union. They are calling for the union officials to resign. The police prevented them from entering the building. The regional chairman of the union, Tamer Küçükgencay, appeared and announced that he was resigning, but the protesting workers are calling for everybody to resign.

http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turk ... yanda.html

[Tim Drayton]

The whole five-person regional committee of the union has now resigned.

[B25]

The whole five-person regional committee of the union has now resigned.

Obviously this union was on the take to close its eyes and mouth, how else could such poor working conditions prevail. I thought that, that what unions were for.

The whole country is just one big corrupt criminal dictatorship state, and they want them in the EU??? God help us all if they ever achieved this.

[Maximus]

Turkish democracy gets more advanced by the day.

Today, Sultan Erdogans advisor, Mr Yusuf "the kicker" Yerkel is still on duty after being dismissed from his previously non-existent position.

Its a jungle in there.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pms-ad ... sCatID=338