Tuesday
Jun042013
Middle East Today: Turkey --- 1st Death as Protests Spread
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 16:44
Protest in the village of Ayvalik (pop: 40,000) on Tuesday
Thousands of protestors returned to Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday night --- Turkish pipe music and singing blared over speakers as the crowd clapped and danced in a festive atmosphere.
In Ankara, residents carried out ther nightly protest of banging pots and pans, leaning from their windows, and marching in the street. Some waved red and white Turkish flags and drivers honked their horns, amid yells directed toward Prime Minister Erdogan: "Tayyip, resign!"