‘PM who takes things personally’: Erdogan to demolish park despite protests

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9. One more thing:

The recent protests in Turkey are actually a very good sign. Erdogan had been aiming to change Turkey's constitution to give the presidency more powers, such as the power to dissolve the parliament. He's running into his term limit and planning to run for president in 2014. The protests show, first, that Turks won't just roll over and accept this, and second, that others in his own party are not necessarily happy with Erdogan assuming so much power.

Not all of the majority-Muslim countries in the Middle East are the same.

(Edited to remove snark.)