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Turkey’s Democratic Growing Pains

The Gezi Park protests may in the end serve to strengthen Turkish democracy.
Cars drive pass people standing in silence during a protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul June 19, 2013. Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday he had no objection to silent anti-government protests inspired by a symbolic "Standing Man" vigil, comments that could help draw the sting out of three weeks of often violent demonstrations. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (TURKEY  - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTX10TVD

The protests across the country are not ending, but changing form.

People are gathering at parks at nights in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and possibly in other cities, and discussingturning their protest against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian instincts in governing the country into something politically constructive.

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