You are citing events that happened 50, if not 100 years ago. You are completely out of touch with what is happening on the ground in Istanbul if you think it is comparable to the Armenian genocide or the Taksim massacre. My eyes could not be more open about the situation and telling me what's happening from your comfy chair in London is absolutely ridiculous. This thread is about what's happening here, and it is unlike anything that has happened here before. That's all there is to it.
We're talking about 640,000 people protesting against past figures that barely reached 30,000. Moreover, the whole city is alive with the sounds of pots and pans banging every night. People from all walks of life are involved. There is absolutely nothing "routine" about it, and I am incredibly offended that you even used that word to describe something that is happening among Turkey's so-called "apolitical" youth.
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