Despite 'Outrage' Over Twitter Ban, Turks Hold Off on Street Protests
 

Despite 'Outrage' Over Twitter Ban, Turks Hold Off on Street Protests
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shut down a**ther social network on Thursday, blocking access to YouTube just a week after banning Twitter. And, despite a history of public demonstrations, Turkish people have yet to take to the streets en masse.

The people of Turkey are ** strangers to street protests. In the summer of last year, a small, peaceful sit-in opposing the urban development of the historic Gezi Park in Istanbul sparked a massive country-wide movement popularly referred to as Occupy Gezi. As authorities tried to clamp down on the protests, more people joined the movement Read more...

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