Do you remember the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul? A wave of demonstrations began on May 28, 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Gezi Park, but soon turned into country-wide protests and clashes with the security forces run by a centrally organized group. Social media played a key part in the protests.
On May 30, 2013, when Gezi Park protests were continuing, Memet Ali Alabora, an actor and one of the organizers of the protests, tweeted, โIt is not just about Gezi Park, friend, didn't you understand yet? Come on!โ Until then, people thought the issue was about 25 trees the municipality wanted to remove to someplace else, and the demonstrations were organized by a handful of environmentally conscious youngsters. But that tweet sparked a violent anti-government, anti-liberal economy, anti-Western alliance and somewhat anti-Islamic demonstrations.
Sometimes, we, the people, cannot see what is happening, why it is happeni
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