"Taksim is one of the least visually attractive squares in Turkey. A group of critics had been vocal, for some time, about their opposition to the renovation plan of the square. The plan was accepted unanimously at the city council receiving the support of all of the opposition parties. But critics continue to demand that Gezi Park in Taksim Square be left untouched.
The events at Gezi Park unfolded in a similar way to the events of Occupy Wall Street in New York. The police used brutal force. Masses reacting to the use of brutal police force took to the streets. When the government failed to communicate with the protesters properly, things got even worse. In a matter of 24 hours, the outcry was transformed into a protest in which the political opposition found legitimate ground to protest for the first time in the eleven years the ruling AK Party has been in power."
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