Wednesday, June 05, 2013
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Großes Bangen an der Elbe: Die Pegelstände der Elbe steigen bedrohlich - immer mehr Einwohner in Sachsen müssen sich vor dem Hochwasser in Sicherheit bringen. Auch die Menschen in Sachsen-Anhalt, Niedersachsen und Brandenburg blicken besorgt auf den Fluss und seine Nebenläufe. » | wit/dpa/AFP | Mittwoch, 05. Juni 2013
SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Europe Under Water: Record Floods Hit Eastern Germany – As flooding continues across Central Europe, the eastern German city of Dresden is bracing for near record high water levels. Some residents have already evacuated their homes. ¶ Though some areas reported improved conditions, flooding continued across Europe on Wednesday, with the eastern German city of Dresden bracing for near record water levels. ¶ Officials in the baroque city said that they expect the Elbe River to continue to swell, though it is unlikely exceed levels seen in the disastrous flood of 2002, which caused widespread damage in eastern Germany and neighboring countries. Authorities are preparing for evacuations all along the Elbe, and some residents have already been forced leave their homes in Dresden, where electricity was shut off as a precautionary measure in some places. » | kla -- with wires | Wednesday, Hune 05, 2013
But it looks like Europe has no choice. It's being forced to awaken because parts of Europe are literally on fire.
In Sweden, a few weeks ago predominantly Muslim immigrants set fires for several nights. In Britain, a soldier was butchered on a London street by a Muslim. In France, a recent convert to Islam tried to do the same thing to a French soldier at a Paris metro stop, but only wounded him.
Breeding Grounds for Radicalism
Amidst failing economies Europe is continuing to fracture into ethnic tribes that hate one another. Some European leaders have admitted that multiculturalism has failed. It has created immigrant ghettos inside European cities that are breeding grounds for radicalism and hostility to mainstream society.
In Paris, CBN News asked Guy Milliere, author of the new book l'islam Radical est une Arme de Destruction Massive, or Radical Islam is a Weapon of Mass Destruction, why the European establishment continues to allow and encourage Islam to spread while suppressing Christianity. "The connection between radical Muslims and the Left in Europe is that both are totalitarian," he replied. "(The Left) sees something in common between themselves and radical Muslims."
Most European leaders still seem to fear political correctness more than Islamic terrorism.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said, "There is nothing in Islam that justified the beheading of British soldier Lee Rigby by a Muslim," ignoring the many verses in the Quran that command Muslims to behead unbelievers.
Cameron instead called the murder "a betrayal of Islam." It took the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab to correct Cameron in a series of tweets, saying that the gruesome killing wasn't a "betrayal" of Islam, but a "portrayal" of Islam. Read on and comment » | Dale Hurd, CBN News Sr. Reporter| Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Istanbul's police chief had said his forces would only use teargas as a last resort. But the images seem to show the officer targeting an unarmed woman. » | Lewis Williamson | Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
BBC: There is no doubt Syria's government has used sarin during the country's crisis, says France's foreign minister.
Laurent Fabius said lab tests in Paris confirmed numerous uses of the nerve agent, adding that those who resort to chemical weapons must be punished.
But he did not specify where or when the agent had been deployed; the White House has said more proof was needed.
Earlier, the UN said there were "reasonable grounds" to believe chemical weapons had been used.
In a new report, the UN commission of inquiry on Syria also urged foreign powers not to increase the availability of arms in Syria.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon described the atrocities listed in the report - which details evidence of fresh suspected massacres, sieges and violations of children's rights - as "sickening and staggering", said his spokesman.
Children have been taken hostage, forced to watch torture and even participate in beheadings, says the report.
Others have been killed while fighting in the two-year uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime that the UN says has left at least 80,000 people dead. » | Tuesday, June 04, 2013
BBC: Peers have voted by more than two to one to back government plans for same-sex marriages in England and Wales.
The House of Lords spent two days debating the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, with many members voicing their concerns.
But it rejected an amendment aimed at wrecking the bill by 242 votes, moving it a step closer to becoming law.
The BBC's Norman Smith said plans were on course for the first same-sex weddings to take place next summer.
The bill would allow couples, who can currently form civil partnerships, to marry.
If it passes into law, religious organisations would have to "opt in" if they wished to offer gay weddings, except the Church of England and Church in Wales, which would be banned in law from doing so. » | Tuesday, June 04, 2013
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THE INDEPENDENT: Plans to legalise gay marriage cleared their crucial hurdle in the House of Lords tonight when peers rejected a move to “kill the Bill” which will implement the move.
The first gay weddings are expected in July of next year after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill survived an attempt to wreck it following a heated two-day debate in the Lords. A wrecking amendment was defeated by 390 votes to 148 and the measure was then given a second reading.
Opponents of the move will table amendments during the Bill's committee stage in the Lords, in the hope of winning further safeguards for churches and public servants such as teachers and registrars who oppose same-sex marriage. But tonight's big majority will reduce the prospects of them succeeding and jubilant supporters hope the Bill will now survive largely intact.
Lord Alli of Norbury, a gay Labour peer, welcomed “a stunning victory for equality”. He said: “There can be no doubt that the public, the House of Commons and now the House of Lords are in favour of marriage equality. Those opposed to this Bill should listen to the overwhelming voice of the majority, not just in both Houses of Parliament, but across the country.”
Ben Summerskill, chief executive of the gay equality pressure group Stonewall, said: “We're absolutely delighted. We always expected a tough challenge in the House of Lords.” He said the rarely-used “fatal motion” tabled by opponents showed the lengths to which a minority of peers were still prepared to go to deny full equality to lesbian, gay and bisexual people. He added: “In the last 24 hours alone, opponents of equality in the Lords have compared loving, committed relationships to incest and polygamy. Britain's 3.7m gay people don't deserve to be second class citizens in their own country.” » | Andrew Grice | Tuesday, June 04, 2013
It is claimed that Lauren Booth, Tony Blair’s sister-in-law, is married to a bigamist »
ZEE NEWS: Tony Blair's sister-in-law weds Muslim 'bigamist['] » | Sunday, May 12, 2013
THE ALGEMEINER: Last week in London, two Muslim men shouting jihad’s ancient war-cry, “Allahu Akbar” beheaded a British soldier with a cleaver—in a busy intersection and in broad daylight. They boasted in front of passersby and asked to be videotaped.
As surreal as this event may seem, Islamic beheadings are not uncommon in the West, including the U.S. In 2011, a Pakistani-American who helped develop “Bridges TV”—a station “designed to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims”—beheaded his wife. In Germany in 2012, another Muslim man beheaded his wife in front of their six children—again while hollering“Allahu Akbar.” Beheading non-Muslim “infidels” in the Islamic world is especially commonplace: in Yemen a “sorceress” was beheaded by the “Supporters of Sharia”; in Indonesia, three Christian girls on their way to school were beheaded; in Syria last Christmas, U.S.-supported rebels beheaded a Christian man and fed his body to the dogs; in Africa—Somalia, Tanzania, Mali—Christians are regularly decapitated. (For a comprehensive picture of Christian suffering under Islam, see my new book, Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians.)
Most recently, a disturbing video [WARNING: This video is EXTREMELY GRAPHIC and SHOCKING! It is certainly NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN.] surfaced from “liberated” Libya of a machete-wielding masked man hacking at the head of a captive—again, to cries of “Allahu Akbar!”
But the greater lesson of the London beheading concerns its audacity—done in broad daylight with the attackers boasting in front of cameras, as often happens in the Islamic world. It reflects what I call “Islam’s Rule of Numbers,” a rule that expresses itself with remarkable consistency: The more Muslims grow in numbers, the more Islamic phenomena intrinsic to the Muslim world—in this case, brazen violence against “infidels”—appear.
In the U.S., where Muslims are less than 1% of the population, London-style attacks are uncommon. Islamic assertiveness is limited to political activism dedicated to portraying Islam as a “religion of peace,” and sporadic, but clandestine, acts of terror. In Europe, where Muslims make for much larger minorities, open violence is common. But because they are still a vulnerable minority, Islamic violence is always placed in the context of “grievances,” a word that pacifies Westerners.
With an approximate 10% Muslim population, London’s butcherers acted brazenly, yes, but they still invoked grievances. Standing with bloodied hands, the murderer declared: “We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone…. The only reason we have done this is because Muslims are dying by British soldiers every day.”
Days later in Stockholm, which also has a large Muslim minority, masked rioters destroyed 100 cars and property. The grievance for this particular outbreak was that police earlier shot a(nother) machete-wielding “immigrant” in self-defense. » | Raymond Ibrahim * | Monday, June 03, 2013
* Raymond Ibrahim is author of the new book “Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians“. He is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an associate fellow at the Middle East Forum.
MAIL ONLINE: White supremacist turns up at court in full Nazi regalia to fight for custody of his children – including one who he named Adolf » | Daily Mail Reporter | Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Vile thoughts, and warped, twisted thinking: Anjem Choudary still free to peddle his hatred of the Kufaar »
SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: The protests in Turkey have brought together people from all walks of life, including engineers, teachers, construction workers, leftists and even some former supporters of Prime Minister Erdogan. They are demanding changes in a country that is more divided than ever before.
An engineer, who stumbles through the clouds of pepper spray. A doctor to be, who brings medicine and lemon juice, which is supposed to help limit the effects of tear gas. A teacher, who is filming everything with her camcorder. A foreign exchange student, who is there to experience the revolutionary atmosphere. A left-wing activist, who has been camping for days on Taksim Square in the heart of Istanbul, defending it against the police.
All kinds of people are demonstrating against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Monday night marked just the latest gathering in Turkey's biggest city, part of the wave of protests that has spread across the country after a handful of people in Istanbul came out to prevent the destruction of a small park in the city. It has become a revolt. Hundreds, if not thousands, in Taksim Square have refused to go home and continue to brave the tear gas wafting through the streets. Though the situation has calmed down since the weekend, protesters remain behind their makeshift barricades, made of police barriers and whatever else they could find.
"We are staying until Tayyip goes and we have our freedom," says 24-year-old Balkan. He has taken a break from making films and now sees himself primarily as part of the resistance movement. Looking out at the people on the square, he says "they are all my friends." » | Oliver Trenkamp in Istanbul | Tuesday, June 04, 2013
here | Christopher Hope, Senior Political Correspondent | Monday, June 03, 2013
My comment:
More BS from Cameron. This, Mr. Cameron, is not a “betrayal” of Islam. It IS Islam! When will this prime minister come to terms with reality? The so-called “extremists” are carrying out the message of Islam to the letter. It is NO perversion.
Talking to people like Cameron is like talking to a brick wall ! – © Mark
Monday, June 03, 2013
SCHWEIZER RADIO UND FERNSEHEN: Alle Augen richten sich auf Istanbul: Die Proteste gegen Premier Erdogan in der Türkei weiten sich aus. Die massiven Polizeieinsätze gegen Demonstranten lösen internationale Proteste aus. Grossen Rückhalt erhalten die Protestierenden über Social-Media-Kanäle. Aber auch Unterstützer von Erdogan melden sich zu Wort. » | Montag, 03. Juni 2013
Le projet de suppression d'un petit parc d'Istanbul ne laissait en rien présager de la pire crise que traverse la Turquie au XXIe siècle. À l'origine, le sit-in de militants écologistes et urbanistes contre la construction en lieu et place du parc Gezi et de ses 600 arbres d'une réplique d'une caserne militaire de l'empire ottoman censée accueillir un centre commercial. Or, l'intervention musclée vendredi des policiers turcs pour les en déloger a mis le feu aux poudres.
"L'attaque furtive, à coups de bombes lacrymogènes et de matraque, a choqué toute la Turquie", affirme au Point.fr Alican Tayla, chercheur à l'Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (Iris). Très vite, le mouvement prend de l'ampleur et atteint la place Taksim, au centre d'Istanbul, avant de gagner les principaux quartiers de la ville, puis du pays. Le ministère de l'Intérieur annonce 1 700 interpellations dans plus de 67 villes. "La force a été utilisée de manière disproportionnée", regrette Geneviève Garrigos, présidente d'Amnesty International France, interrogée par Le Point.fr. "La police a directement visé la tête des manifestants pacifiques avec des cartouches de grenades lacrymogènes. Certains ont essayé de se défendre." » | Le Point.fr | lundi 03 juin 2013
The rooftops of Istanbul can be seen in the background and next to them is a gigantic image of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey's powerful prime minister is watching over the city -- and is also monitoring the work of the political party he controls. At least that seems to be the message of the image, which can be found in a conference room at the headquarters of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP).
These days, though, Istanbul is producing images that carry a distinctly different meaning -- images of violent protests against the vagaries of Erdogan's rule. And it is beginning to look as though the prime minister, the most powerful leader Turkey has seen since the days of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, might be losing control.
As recently as mid-May, Erdogan boasted during an appearance at the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C. of the $29 billion airport his government was planning to build in Istanbul. "Turkey no longer talks about the world," he said. "The world talks about Turkey."
Just two weeks later, he appears to have been right -- just not quite in the way he had anticipated. The world is looking at Turkey and speaking of the violence with which Turkish police are assaulting demonstrators at dozens of marches across the country. Increasingly, Erdogan is looking like an autocratic ruler whose people are no longer willing to tolerate him. » | Özlem Gezer, Maximilian Popp and Oliver Trenkamp | Monday, June 03, 2013
Berlin - Im Hintergrund sind die Dächer Istanbuls zu sehen, daneben das Konterfei Recep Tayyip Erdogans, überlebensgroß. Der mächtige Premier wacht über die Stadt, das ist die Botschaft des Bildes. Und er wacht über die Arbeit seiner Parteifunktionäre: Das Bild hängt in einem Konferenzraum in der Zentrale der AKP Istanbuls.
Doch jetzt gehen Bilder aus der Türkei um die Welt, die eine andere Botschaft senden. Jetzt sieht es so aus, als könnte dem mächtigsten Mann, den das Land seit Staatsgründer Atatürk gesehen hat, die Kontrolle entgleiten.
Noch Mitte Mai war Erdogan am Brooking Institute in Washington aufgetreten, hatte geprahlt, seine Regierung plane für 29 Milliarden US-Dollar einen dritten Flughafen in Istanbul, den mutmaßlich größten der Welt. "Die Türkei spricht heute nicht über die Welt", sagte er. "Die Welt spricht über die Türkei."
Zwei Wochen später bestätigt sich diese Einschätzung, doch anders, als Erdogan es gerne hätte. Die Welt spricht über die Türkei und ihren Premier als jemanden, der seine Bürger von Polizisten niederknüppeln lässt, als Machthaber, dessen autoritären Regierungsstil viele Türken nicht mehr hinnehmen wollen. » | Von Özlem Gezer, Maximilian Popp und Oliver Trenkamp | Montag, 03. Juni 2013
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Proteste in der Türkei: US-Außenminister fürchtet "exzessive Gewalt" gegen Demonstranten – US-Außenminister John Kerry zeigt sich besorgt über das Vorgehen der türkischen Polizei gegen die Demonstranten - und fordert eine Untersuchung der Vorfälle. Derweil setzen die Sicherheitskräfte erneut Tränengas gegen die Protestierenden ein. » | vks/Reuters/AFP | Montag, 03. Juni 2013
According to Montpellier daily newspaper Midi Libre, since performing the wedding, Mandroux has received many letters that contain insults and threats expressing opposition to gay marriage in France. One of the packages mailed to the French official also contained feces, municipal officers discovered. » | Sara Gates | The Huffington Post | Monday, June 03, 2013
France’s First Gay Marriage Ceremony »
In his first major intervention in the debate, the Most Rev Justin Welby said he could not support David Cameron’s same-sex marriage Bill in its current form.
He warned that the reform “weakened” the concept of the “normal” family as the basis for a strong community and replaced traditional marriage with something “less good”.
Archbishop Welby has been reluctant to join the public condemnation of the reforms, despite widespread opposition from Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Muslims and other faith organisations.
The Church of England has previously adopted a more conciliatory position towards the reforms, acknowledging that parliament was likely to pass the Bill and seeking to secure legal protections from ministers to stop churches being forced to conduct gay marriages. » | Tim Ross, and John Bingham | Monday, June 03, 2013
TELEGRAPH – BLOGS – JAMES DELINGPOLE: Poor Turks! Of all the peoples I've encountered in my travels around the world, the Turks really have got to be among the kindest, most generous and welcoming. (My other top candidate in that category would be the Sudanese.) So it really saddens me to read of the civil unrest which has been plaguing Turkey this last week. Someone suggested to me that this is the sort of behaviour which shows exactly why Turkey should never be admitted to the EU. Eh? This rioting isn't the result of natural savages casting off the threads of civilisation; it's the result of civilised, educated, cosmopolitan Turks rising up against the authoritarianism of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's regime. » | James Delingpole | Monday, June 03, 2013
My comment:
Delingpole obviously has a death wish for Western civilisation. Rarely have I read such bunkum in a mainstream newspaper as this. His reasoning is unsound, to say the least. And anyone who agrees with Bojo has got to be suspect. I trust Bojo's opinions on almost nothing. In any case, Bojo has Turkish blood coursing through his veins; so he is prejudiced.
I want Western civilisation to survive. I actually like liberal democracy. Islam is anathema to democracy and freedom. It therefore makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to allow Turkey into the EU. Only someone naïve would think otherwise. Haven't we had enough Islamisation of the West, Europe as it is? – @ Mark
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BBC: Homes have been evacuated across southern Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland as rivers reach dangerously high levels.
The Czech capital Prague is on high alert as authorities fear a repeat of the catastrophic floods of August 2002.
The River Vltava has inundated towns and villages upstream of the capital, and one person is known to have died.
Stephen Evans reports. Watch BBC video » | Monday June 03, 2013
Sunday, June 02, 2013
MONROE NEWS STAR: If a reading of the Quran, the hadith and world history doesn’t convince you that Islam is a religion of violence, hatred and intolerance, consider the frequent individual acts of violence by Muslims around the world, and the great numbers of Muslims demonstrating violently in mass for things as insignificant as an offense to their prophet. » | John Spires | Thursday, May 30, 2013
"When you are one with God you are not in a state of fear, and you have quite good control over your body's sensations and the level of pain that you absorb from your body," said Alan John Miller, a 50-year-old ex-software professional from Queensland, according to Sky News.
The man not only claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ but says that his partner, Mary Luck, is the reincarnation of Saint Mary Magdalene, who, according to the Bible, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was the first person to see him after his resurrection.
"I have very clear memories of the crucifixion, but it wasn't as harrowing for me as it was for others like Mary who was present," Miller explained.
The Australian said that his memories of his supposed life as Jesus include performing miracles, such as resurrecting people from the dead – "including a friend of mine Lazarus, who most people know is mentioned in the Bible," he said.
Miller has set up a website called Divine Truth where he tries to convince people that he is indeed the Jesus of the Bible. » | Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter | Thursday, May 30, 2013
A white Muslim convert threatened to kill Prince Harry just a day after the shocking murder of a soldier in Woolwich.
Ashraf Islam, 30, formerly known as Mark Townley, confessed to police that he wanted to kill the third in line to the throne, who has served in high profile tours of Afghanistan.
Islam walked into a police station in Hounslow on May 23 and told detectives that he wanted to murder the prince hours after soldier Lee Rigby, 25, was killed.
He was charged under Section 16 of the Offences against the Person Act, which carries a possible jail term of up to 10 years, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police's Counter terrorism Command unit.
According to the Daily Star detectives found a laptop belonging to Islam which showed internet searches for 'guns', 'vans' and 'kidnapping'.
He is also said to have visited terrorist websites.
Islam, who is believed to have become a Muslim during a recent spell in prison, is currently behind bars after pleading guilty to the offence at Uxbridge Magistrates Court last Saturday.
He will be sentenced at a later date. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said last night that no date has been fixed for Islam's sentencing. » | Steve Nolan | Sunday, June 02, 2013
Tony Blair today makes his most powerful political intervention since leaving Downing Street by launching an outspoken attack on ‘the problem within Islam’.
The former Prime Minister addresses the shocking killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich by going further than he – or any front-rank British politician – has gone before over the issue of Muslim radicalism.
Writing in today’s Mail on Sunday, he departs from the usual argument that Islam is a peaceful religion that should not be tainted by the actions of a few extremists.
Instead, Mr Blair urges governments to ‘be honest’ and admit that the problem is more widespread.
‘There is a problem within Islam – from the adherents of an ideology which is a strain within Islam,’ he writes.
‘We have to put it on the table and be honest about it. Of course there are Christian extremists and Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu ones. But I am afraid this strain is not the province of a few extremists. It has at its heart a view about religion and about the interaction between religion and politics that is not compatible with pluralistic, liberal, open-minded societies.’
He adds: ‘At the extreme end of the spectrum are terrorists, but the world view goes deeper and wider than it is comfortable for us to admit. So by and large we don’t admit it.’
Mr Blair’s comments are likely to be seized on by critics who will argue that by leading us into the Iraq War he has helped to swell support for radical Islam around the globe. » | Glen Owen, Mail On Sunday Political Correspondent | Saturday, June 01, 2013
Saturday, June 01, 2013
A Scotland Yard spokesman said Michael Adebolajo, 28, of Romford, Essex, would appear before magistrates accused of murdering the 25 year-old soldier in Woolwich last month, and with the attempted murder of two police officers.
Adebolajo also faces a charge of possession of a firearm, namely a 9.4mm KNIL Model 91 revolver with intent to “cause persons to believe that unlawful violence would be used”.
Adebolajo has been remanded in custody and will appear before Westminster magistrates' court on Monday.
Another man, Michael Adebowale, 22, from Greenwich, south-east London, was charged with murder and possession of a firearm last week. » | David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent | Saturday, June 01, 2013
Mehr als eine Million Menschen forderten im Herzen Istanbuls am frühen Samstagabend den Rücktritt des türkischen Ministerpräsidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Zuvor hatte die Regierung um 16 Uhr Ortszeit befohlen, den Polizeieinsatz gegen die Maßenproteste abzubrechen, die fünf Tage davor begonnen hatten.
Der türkische Ministerpräsident hat sich erstmals in seiner Regierungszeit massiven Protesten gegen seine Politik beugen müssen. Nach Massendemonstrationen, die sich über das ganze Land ausgebreitet hatten, und nachdem Hunderttausende Menschen in Istanbul der Polizeigewalt trotzten, wurde der Polizeieinsatz abgebrochen.
Menschenmassen strömten über die mittlerweile völlig zerstörte Einkaufsmeile Istiklal klatschend und mit Siegesrufen zum Taksim-Platz, von dem die Proteste vor fünf Tagen ausgegangen waren. Dort hatte die Regierung nun einen Park wieder geöffnet, den Tage sie zuvor gewaltsam hatte räumen lassen. Größte Anti-Erdogan Demonstration » | Von Boris Kálnoky , Istanbul | mit dpa | Samstag, 01. Juni 2013
Der Mann kann es nicht fassen. „Wir sind auf dem Platz“, schreit er, als er und mehrere hundert andere Demonstranten am Samstagnachmittag auf dem zentralen Taksim-Platz von Istanbul ankommen. Es ist ein Moment des Sieges einer spontanen Protestbewegung, die sich seit Freitag im Zentrum der türkischen Metropole Istanbul immer wieder schwere Straßenschlachten mit der Polizei liefert. Doch plötzlich hat sich die Polizei an den Rand des riesigen Taksim-Platzes zurückgezogen.
Selbst der Gezi-Park neben dem Taksim-Platz wird von der Polizei den Demonstranten überlassen. Der Park war am Freitag der Ausgangspunkt für die heftigsten Massenproteste in der Türkei seit dem Machtantritt von Ministerpräsident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vor zehn Jahren gewesen. Einige Tage lang hatte eine kleine Gruppe von Demonstranten den Park besetzt, um die Abholzung der Bäume dort zu verhindern: Auf dem Gelände soll ein Einkaufszentrum entstehen, was die Istanbuler Innenstadt nach Meinung der Demonstranten endgültig in eine Betonwüste verwandeln würde. » | Von Susanne Güsten | Istanbul | Die Presse | Samstag, 01. Juni 2013
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