Istanbul's burning!!!
Istanbul's burning!!!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-…
"I have covered Syntagma, the Occupy protests and reported from Tahrir Square. This is different to all of them.
First, it is massive. The sheer numbers dwarf any single episode of civil unrest in Greece.
Second, the breadth of social support - within the urban enclave of Istanbul - is bigger than Greece and closer to Egypt.
"Everyone is here - except the AK party," insists one young woman.
People nod. In Greece, the urban middle class was split. Here the secular middle class are out in force, united across political divisions, to say nothing of football hatreds."