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Weekend Reading: Turkey: Democrats and Liberals, #OccupyGezi, and Fethullah Gulen

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  • Steven A. CookCFR Expert
    Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies

Suat Kiniklioglu discusses the reasons behind Turkey’s democrats and Liberals’ support for the protests, despite their traditional pro-AKP stance.

The OccupyGezi Tumblr blog, with updated pictures of the protests sweeping Turkey.

Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen, living in exile but widely influential, issues a statement about the recent protests in Turkey.