| Because current government tries to change how we live. I think government's job is just trying to boost the economy, trying to not get into any war, paying the debts to IMF and etc. But current ruling party forces our life styles into a shape which they draw. Just one example: - Taksim Square is a famous tourist attraction centers of Istanbul.
- Government first said to bars (pubs): "you can't put stalls on front of your bar." People protested just on facebook and twitter.
- They said: "you can't sell alcohol after 10pm but you can sell other things". Nothing happened. Just some protests but our PM labeled protesters as "alcoholics".
- After that they said: "Nope! No alcohol after 10 PM even for stores. You can't go to pubs, you can't buy from stores." People protested but PM said "So, you wanna raise your children as alcoholics?! We can't let this happen!" You smell where these is going? Current ruling party tries to divide Turkey in two sides. "Religious good citizens" vs "atheists, lgbts, alcoholics, left-wings" etc. Someone had to tell them "just because you are ruling party, you can't make everything you want". and we are trying to tell them this. by the way, sorry for my english again. |
One of the big issues right now is that these protests are not really getting coverage in the media here in the US. It's hard to get the full story.