Friday, May 31, 2013

Istanbul residents try to save their park

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/05/violence-tear-gas-greet-protests-save-one-last-public-parks-istanbul/65767/

"ISTANBUL — At midnight on Thursday, one of the few remaining parks in the center of this city was filled with people singing, dancing, talking, giving speeches, and preparing to camp out. Before dawn this morning, it was violently cleared by armored police spraying tear gas — a cycle that's repeated itself over the past few days as protesters seek to halt the demolition of the park and the building of a shopping mall there."

The protest has built largely from social media interaction.  And it's apparently still growing.

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