Since the protests in Turkey began last week, thousands have camped out in central Istanbul, demonstrating against the government’s plan to tear down Gezi Park and replace it with a shopping mall and a replica of an Ottoman era military barracks. Most protesters are young and secular, but earlier this week, a group of religious anti-capitalists led by the Islamic theologian, Ihsan Eliacik, prayed...
6 Temmuz 2013
Living on a Prayer: in Istanbul’s Gezi Park, Protesters Try to Bridge the Religious Divide – Vocavit
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