Taksim is not (yet) Tahrir

Jun 02, 2013

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Thousands of soccer fans march towards Taksim

By James M. Dorsey

Almost a week of countrywide protests in Turkey have left an indelible mark on the country’s political landscape: broad discontent with the policies of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policies and increasing haughtiness bubbled to the surface; militant soccer fans thousands of whom joi…

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