Sunday
Jun022013
Turkey Special: A 4-Point Guide to the Protests
Protesters on the Bosphorus Bridge en route to Istanbul's Taksim Square
4. SO CAN THE PROTESTS SUCCEED?
This weekend's events should be seen not just as an immediate rising which will succeed or fail, but as the start of a series of events that will change the Turkish political landscape.
In other words, the contest --- which will take in not only social issues like Gezi Park and the Bosphorus Bridge, but the Government's economic approach and perceived favoritism and the broad political issues like the Constitution and Erdogan's power --- is one for the longer-term.