>
>This protest is not about Gezi Parki nor Erdogan himself, but it is
>general frustration at the neoliberal economic policies of JDP, treatment
>of Alevis, Erdogan's policies on the PKK and Ocalan (actually this is a
>deep state political maneuver imposed on the JDP by a certain segment of
>the Turkish 
>state and the US), law banning alcohol, American imperialist
>involvement within turkish politics (supporting the JDP and Gulen Movement
>against other forces in the country by Morton Abromowitz, Graham Fuller,
>Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, National Defense University,the American
>deep state and etc.),the
>increasing trend of authoritarianism in turkish politics and society over
>the last several years, nepotist policies of JDP and the Gulen Movement in
>the 
>Turkish State, and so on. Erdogan is not solely responsible for this
>Protest; other power structures are also responsible, including the Gulen
>Movement, the Kemalist secularist elite, TUSIAD bourgeoisie, so-called
>liberal intellectuals, and the Turkish media. All of these groups have
>been 
>benefitting from the economic exploitation of Turkish society and
>politics. 
>Over the last several years, journalists, academicians, a former police
>chief, 
>ordinary citizens and many others have been put into jail without any
>formal charges or 
>trial for a few years. This has created fear in Turkish society and what I
>will call
>the Republic of Fear. From my perspective, the protest is the result of
>these frustrations and fear.
> 
>
>I have been at the demonstrations for the last three days in Taksim,
>Besiktas, Uskudar and Kadikoy. At 6:30 in the morning we walked from
>Kadikoy to Besiktas on the Bosphorus Bridge. I met many people who were
>frustrated by Erdogan and his former close ally, the Gulen movement's
>influence 
>on the Turkish police and justice ministry.  Most of the people do not
>have political affiliations in these demonstrations are the ordinary
>citizens of Turkey.
>
>>From my perspective, the JDP is becoming the new Kemalist of Turkey which
>is
>NATO and capitalism/neoliberalism friendly, and at least 50% of the people
>of Turkey are not
>happy about this trend.
>
>People who write and talk about this dissatisfaction and frustration need
>to re-evaluate their own
>policies first! We cannot say Turkey is less democratic than before,
>because Turkey has always been like
>this under the Bourgeoisie-TUSIAD oriented Kemalist secularism and JDP,
>because both are supported by the
>same power structures outside of Turkey.
>
>I took some pictures from the demonstrations and you will find them at the
>following website: http://sociologyofturkey.blogspot.com/
>
>Some other pictures are here: http://occupygezipics.tumblr.com/
>
>An article, A Taste of Tahrir at Taksim, written by Sungur Savran:
>http://enpassant.com.au/2013/06/02/report-from-turkey-a-taste-of-tahrir-at
>-
>taksim/   
>
>Peace to all, 
>
>Tugrul
>>