Ahem. We walked up several of the streets on the second day of the riots, blissfully unaware (initially) that further protesting was in the offing in Taksim Square, where we were headed. People were selling masks, people shouting protest songs, people clapping. It all seemed fairly good natured. Maybe it was because, on this particular occasion, the police were ordered not to interfere, which we didn't know about either at the time. Australians on the first night told us not to go in the area, because of the tear gas wafting around.
I'm with the protesters. The only bit of decent greenery left for this particular area, and people 'in charge' want to build a shopping Mall on it. Just smacks of some people wanting make a fast buck, and I wouldn't put it past one or several million Turkish Lire being handed over in brown envelopes. Cynical? Yep.
