Reflections on Turkish pro and anti-government demonstrations
Well... there are foreigners among "Gezi Park" protesters but so are there among "Kazlıçeşme" ralliers. Foreigners, please get your butt out of internal affairs and support your side with your heart ONLY! You only mess things around. It is not your country and you are not entitled to a vote. Today we wanted to go to Taksim Sunday market to buy food supplies but the metro was closed to Taksim. We decided to walk the 20-minute way instead. Although we noticed a lot of riot police and we could smell fresh gassed air as we walked, we did not expect that protesters will be gathering in the same place. We reached a point where we had to run back as police water hoses started firing. I lost my friends Yassir & Zabih as I took shelter in a nearby shopping center with other protesters. The stores owners were nice to allow us in so that nobody gets hurt. I remained silent as I was not a protester myself ( also I barely know Turkish so I cannot say much). It was short a...