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Why I love the Turks

After being gassed out of Taksim Square, the government spent the night cleaning up. Just in time for the children to come back with this:

Night After Gassing of Taksim

Gorgeous Photo

The Children Of Taksim

By dint of their imagination, humor and self-possession, they are proving themselves to be just the kind of people who should make up the “new” Turkey that Erdogan’s party promised to create when it came to power in 2002. When Erdogan says he hasn’t got an inkling what the children of Taksim want, that may be all too true, but it’s his confusion not theirs.

Andrew Finkel has been a foreign correspondent in Istanbul for over 20 years, as well as a columnist for Turkish-language newspapers. He is the author of the book “Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know.”

Maybe this is all just taking me back to the days in the 60’s and 70’s when we thought all we needed was love.

In Spanish, the singer is Müge Zerin.



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