A revival of the spirit of Gezi?

The Debates feature from Euro|Topics offers English (+ French and German) translations of a selections of articles in European news sources on this topic.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on the 18 June 2016 that he was restarting development of the controversial Gezi Park project that sparked massive anti-government protests in 2013. The plan was to redevelop an Ottoman-era barracks on the land occupied by Gezi Park, located next to Taksim Square in Istanbul.

Would Turkey be caught up in a new wave of dissent? Especially, as at the same time students from more than 370 high schools in Turkey were protesting the government's education policy.

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ESO: Background information: A year after the protests, Gezi Park nurtures the seeds of a new Turkey http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-year-after-the-protests-gezi-park-nurtures-the-seeds-of-a-new-turkey/

BBC News, 18.06.16: Turkey: Erdogan revisits controversial Gezi Park plans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36567872

Deutsche Welle, 18.06.16: Erdogan restarts controversial Gezi Park development http://dw.com/p/1J9O4

Hürriyet Daily News, 21.06.16: [Opinion] Will there be a second Gezi? http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/will-there-be-a-second-gezi-.aspx?pageID=449&nID=100707&NewsCatID=502

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 01.07.16: Carnage in Istanbul and the point of no return https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/karabekir-akkoyunlu/carnage-in-istanbul-and-point-of-no-return

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