Plan to Pave Over Istanbul Park to Build Shopping Mall Sparks Protests

EPISODE · May 31, 2013 · 3 MIN

Plan to Pave Over Istanbul Park to Build Shopping Mall Sparks Protests

from PRI's The World May 31, 2013 · host The World

Hundreds of Turks staged a protest against the government's plan to pave over an Istanbul park to build a shopping mall. What began several days ago as a peaceful protest to save trees has now grown to thousands of Turks who are fed up with many of their government's policies. Reporter Dalia Mortada tells anchor Marco Werman about how the protests have morphed and changed over the past several days.

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