More Protests in Turkey

Via the BBC:  Turkey clashes: New Istanbul rally ahead of PM’s return

Thousands of Turkish anti-government protesters are gathering in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, ahead of the return of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan from a North African tour.

They are calling for his resignation, correspondents in the square say.

Resignation strikes me as more than unlikely, but I have to wonder if he will be able to persist in his reticence and make no concessions over the development project.  Things like the following will bring more pressure than the protestors:

The economic response to the remarks was swift, with the stock market dropping nearly 5% after the prime minister’s announcement.

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Steven L. Taylor
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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter

Comments

  1. Ben Wolf says:

    More harsh police tactics will be the next step.