Those darn Turks...
I thought I would share a recent article sent to me c/o Rachael Maddow. Yeah, some folks don't like her.
I'm doing my part to let folks know what's going on over there.
....."Thousands of Turkish protesters are
heading to the streets for a ninth day
of demonstrations, and to counter their government's heavy-handed tactics,
they've found some pretty clever ways to get their message out.
On Thursday, we talked about game show
host Ali Ihsan
Varol overcoming media censorship by transforming the show's
signature word puzzles into political statements.
What's a democracy breather?
Gazmaskesi!
A social network site described as a
curse? Twitter!
Varol was taken off the air after
Monday's show, but following public outcry, resumed
regularly scheduled live broadcasts on Friday.
In addition to media censorship,
protestors have had to contend with aggressive policing, including tear gas and
water cannons.
This is TOMA, a riot control vehicle.
TOMA has followed these protesters
around for several days now, which prompted the protester on the right to make
a sign saying: I have been with TOMA for 8 days. We're getting
serious. (Note the little hearts at the bottom of the sign.)
The guy next to him is holding a green
sign saying: Without (tear) gas, what remains? Life just isn't the
same. (H/T Selen Koksal for the translations.)...."
I mean, really, ya gotta love the Turks....
It's always something
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