If you enjoy playing with dominoes, you know that a carefully laid out pattern of the toys can make quite an impressive display once the first one is knocked over. One after another, dominoes fall at racing speed. Similarly, if…
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Sometimes attention can be a bad thing, and that’s exactly what Turkey is getting right now. With ongoing protests across the country, Turkish authorities and police have been cracking down on demonstrations. And Germany doesn’t like what’s happening. An official…
The BBC is reporting that a sizable anti-government protest broke out in Iran on Sunday during the funeral of a cleric that opposed the Iranian leadership. Tens of thousands attended the funeral, in which chants were heard calling Iranian Supreme…
With extensive protests continuing in Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hinted that he too can unleash crowds of supporters. And that didn’t sit so well with the leader of the main opposition political party, who said it sounds…
Sometimes raw numbers tell quite a story, and the numbers in the protests against the Turkish government are reaching surprising levels. The BBC reported that over 1,700 arrests have been made in 67 towns in connection with the protests. The…