Q & A (Soalan & Jawapan): Di lihat bantahan yang melanda Turkey

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Q&A: A look at the protests sweeping Turkey

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Photo: AP Seorang wanita Turki terjejas oleh gas pemedih mata ketika berjalan di tengah-tengah bandar di Ankara, Turki, Isnin 3 Jun, 2013, selepas rawatan. Perdana Menteri Turki Recep Tayyip Erdogan pada hari Isnin sekali lagi menolak protes jalanan menentang pemerintahan beliau sebagai tindakan yang dianjurkan oleh pelampau dan perbandingan dengan marah menolak dengan kebangkitan Spring Arab. Muncul defensif dan marah, dan memotong angka yang diputuskan, beliau membidas pemberita yang bertanya sama ada kerajaan telah fahami "mesej" oleh penunjuk perasaan menyiarkan rungutan atau sama ada dia akan melembutkan nada beliau.

Photo: AP A Turkish woman affected by tear gas walks in the city center in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, June 3, 2013, after treatment. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday again dismissed street protests against his rule as actions organized by extremists, and angrily rejected comparisons with the Arab Spring uprisings. Appearing defensive and angry, and cutting a disconnected figure, he lashed out at reporters who asked whether the government had understood "the message" by protesters airing grievances or whether he would soften his tone.

Q & A (Soalan & Jawapan): Di lihat bantahan yang melanda Turkey . . .

(Tinjauan 1WC'sChannel 2013) ISTANBUL (AP) - kerajaan Islam yang diterajui Turki sedang menghadapi bantahan terbesar dalam tahun-tahun. Berikut adalah melihat bantahan dan apa panduan mereka:

(Soalan): Apa yang berlaku di Turki?

(Jawapan): Penunjuk perasaan telah berkampung di mercu tanda Taksim Square, Istanbul untuk membantah rancangan untuk merobek keluar pokok-pokok dan membangunkan semula kawasan itu apabila pihak berkuasa melancarkan serangan ganas pra-subuh hari Jumaat untuk membersihkan mereka keluar. Protes terhadap tindak balas kekerasan polis yang dengan cepat merebak ke bandar-bandar di seluruh negara. Isnin adalah hari ke-4 bahawa polis rusuhan menggunakan gas pemedih mata di Istanbul dan Ankara terhadap penunjuk perasaan.

(Soalan): Adakah bantahan hanya kira-kira pokok - atau sesuatu yang lebih?

(Jawapan): Penunjuk perasaan juga pembolongan kemarahan terpendam terhadap Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yang telah memegang jawatan selama 10 tahun. Ramai Turki sekular melihat beliau sebagai seorang tokoh autoritarian yang cuba untuk memberi pandangan konservatif Islam agamanya kepada mereka. Erdogan menolak tuduhan mereka, menegaskan beliau menghormati semua orang Turki dan merupakan "hamba" rakyat.

(Soalan): Siapakah penunjuk perasaan?

(Jawapan): Kebanyakan puluhan ribu penunjuk perasaan di jalan-jalan Turki muncul sebagai di bandar, Turki sekular, kecewa dengan apa yang mereka lihat sebagai hubungan rapat Erdogan untuk kepentingan pembangunan dan didakwa percubaan beliau untuk memaksa pandangan agama kepada mereka. Erdogan berkata bantahan telah dikacau oleh pembangkang dan pelampau yang cuba untuk memaksa kehendak mereka pada majoriti Turki yang belakang dia.

(Soalan): Apa yang telah Erdogan dilakukan?

(Jawapan): Erdogan, yang telah berkuasa sejak tahun 2003 selepas memenangi 3 pilihan raya tanah runtuh, telah dikreditkan dengan meningkatkan pertumbuhan ekonomi di Turki dan meningkatkan profil antarabangsa di negara ini. Tetapi dia telah menjadi seorang tokoh yang pecah di rumah, dengan kerajaan menindak wartawan, meluluskan undang-undang untuk mengawal penjualan arak dan mengambil pendirian yang kukuh terhadap rejim Syria - pendirian yang sesetengah percaya telah meletakkan keselamatan Turki berisiko. Sesetengah orang Turki melihat dia sebagai orang yang membosankan dalam kehidupan peribadi mereka, bercakap menentang kelahiran Caesarean, memberitahu wanita mereka perlu mempunyai sekurang-kurangnya 3 kanak-kanak dan juga memberi nasihat bagaimana watak-watak TV harus berkelakuan.

(Soalan): Mengapa penunjuk perasaan marah pada polis?

(Jawapan): Media sosial telah dibanjiri dengan laporan dan video keganasan polis semasa protes. Pihak berkuasa berkata keterlaluan polis akan disiasat, tetapi mereka muncul untuk terus tanpa henti-henti. Manusia Yayasan Hak Turki berkata lebih 1,000 penunjuk perasaan tertakluk "kepada layanan buruk dan penyeksaan" oleh polis.

(Soalan): Apakah yang presiden Turki berfikir?

(Jawapan): Presiden Abdullah Gul telah mengambil garis yang lebih pendamai, meraikan protes aman sebagai hak demokratik. "Demokrasi tidak bermakna pilihan raya sahaja," katanya Isnin.

(Soalan): Apa yang akan datang? Turkey adalah negara seterusnya jatuh kepada revolusi Spring Arab?

(Jawapan): Turki akan mengadakan pilihan raya presiden tahun depan di mana Erdogan - yang akan mencecah had tempoh sebagai Perdana Menteri - boleh dijalankan terhadap Gul. Walaupun imej yang menyerupai protes Spring Arab yang diturunkan pemimpin di seluruh rantau ini, Erdogan tidak mungkin jatuh. Turki mempunyai demokrasi yang stabil dan sokongan beliau dengan majoriti senyap masih muncul untuk menjadi kuat. "Kami sudah mempunyai musim bunga di Turki," katanya Isnin, merujuk kepada pilihan raya yang bebas negara.

Seorang lelaki ditembak mati semasa bantahan di Turki

ANKARA, Turki (AP) - Pegawai-pegawai berkata seorang lelaki berusia 22 tahun telah ditembak mati semasa protes anti-kerajaan di sebuah bandar berhampiran sempadan dengan Syria.

Pejabat wilayah Hatay gabenor berkata Selasa lelaki itu ditembak semasa demonstrasi di Antakya bandar dan kemudiannya meninggal dunia di hospital. Ia mencadangkan, bagaimanapun, bahawa dia mungkin telah ditembak oleh penunjuk perasaan cuba untuk membakar ketegangan, berkata polis telah melepaskan tembakan ke arah semasa protes Isnin.

Beribu-ribu telah menyertai perhimpunan anti-kerajaan di seluruh Turki untuk menyuarakan rasa tidak puas hati dengan pemerintahan 10 tahun Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Bantahan, Turki terbesar telah dilihat pada tahun-tahun kebelakangan ini, telah dicetuskan oleh tindakan keras polis yang aman duduk dalam untuk menghalang perobohan sebuah taman di Istanbul.

Penunjuk perasaan yang lain telah dilaporkan terbunuh di Istanbul pada hari Isnin. Pegawai-pegawai berkata bahawa kematian adalah akibat kemalangan.

Photo: AP A penunjuk perasaan dengan berbungkus plastik di kepalanya berdiri di sebelah benteng semasa pertempuran di Istanbul awal selasa, 4 Jun, 2013. Polis rusuhan Turki melancarkan pusingan selepas pusingan gas pemedih mata terhadap penunjuk perasaan pada hari Isnin, hari ke-4 demonstrasi ganas, sebagai presiden dan perdana menteri mempertaruhkan kedudukan bersaing pada rusuhan. Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan menolak tuntutan penunjuk perasaan 'yang beliau meletak jawatan dan menolak demonstrasi sebagai kerja-kerja pembangkang Turki. Presiden Abdullah Gul, bagi pihaknya, memuji kebanyakannya penunjuk perasaan aman sebagai menyatakan hak demokratik mereka.

Photo: AP A protester with a plastic wrap on her head stands next to a barricade during clashes in Istanbul early Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister staked competing positions on the unrest. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the protesters' demands that he resign and dismissed the demonstrations as the work of Turkey's opposition. President Abdullah Gul, for his part, praised the mostly peaceful protesters as expressing their democratic rights.

Photo: AP Penunjuk perasaan membawa sekeping kayu untuk membentuk benteng berhampiran Taksim Square di Istanbul, Isnin 3 Jun, 2013. Polis rusuhan Turki melancarkan pusingan selepas pusingan gas pemedih mata terhadap penunjuk perasaan pada hari Isnin, hari ke-4 demonstrasi ganas, sebagai presiden dan perdana menteri mempertaruhkan kedudukan bersaing pada rusuhan. Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan menolak tuntutan penunjuk perasaan 'yang beliau meletak jawatan dan menolak demonstrasi sebagai kerja-kerja pembangkang Turki. Presiden Abdullah Gul, bagi pihaknya, memuji kebanyakannya penunjuk perasaan aman sebagai menyatakan hak demokratik mereka.

Photo: AP Protesters carry a piece of wood to form a barricade near Taksim Square in Istanbul, Monday, June 3, 2013. Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister staked competing positions on the unrest. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the protesters' demands that he resign and dismissed the demonstrations as the work of Turkey's opposition. President Abdullah Gul, for his part, praised the mostly peaceful protesters as expressing their democratic rights.

Photo: AP A penunjuk perasaan berjalan sambil mengelakkan gas pemedih mata semasa pertempuran dengan polis di Istanbul awal Selasa 4 JUN, 2013. Polis rusuhan Turki melancarkan pusingan selepas pusingan gas pemedih mata terhadap penunjuk perasaan pada hari Isnin, hari ke-4 demonstrasi ganas, sebagai presiden dan perdana menteri mempertaruhkan kedudukan bersaing pada rusuhan. Perdana Menteri Recep Tayyip Erdogan menolak tuntutan penunjuk perasaan 'yang beliau meletak jawatan dan menolak demonstrasi sebagai kerja-kerja pembangkang Turki. Presiden Abdullah Gul, bagi pihaknya, memuji kebanyakannya penunjuk perasaan aman sebagai menyatakan hak demokratik mereka.

Photo: AP A protester runs to avoid tear gas during clashes with the police in Istanbul early Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister staked competing positions on the unrest. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the protesters' demands that he resign and dismissed the demonstrations as the work of Turkey's opposition. President Abdullah Gul, for his part, praised the mostly peaceful protesters as expressing their democratic rights.

Photo: AP Penunjuk perasaan memegang pelekat sehingga berhampiran Kedutaan Turki di tengah-tengah Athens pada Isnin 3 Jun, 2013. Kira-kira 2,000 penunjuk perasaan menghadiri perhimpunan pada hari Isnin dianjurkan untuk menyokong demonstrasi yang berterusan di ejiran Turki.

Photo: AP Protesters hold up placards near the Turkish Embassy in central Athens on Monday, June 3, 2013. About 2,000 protesters attended rallies on Monday organized in support of ongoing demonstrations in neighboring Turkey.

Q&A: A look at the protests sweeping Turkey

ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkey's Islamic-led government is facing its biggest protests in years. Here is a look at the protests and what may be driving them:

(Questions): What's going on in Turkey?

(Answers): Demonstrators were camping out in Istanbul's landmark Taksim Square to protest plans to rip out trees and redevelop the area when authorities launched a violent pre-dawn raid Friday to clear them out. Protests against the police's heavy-handed response quickly spread to cities across the country. Monday was the fourth day that riot police used tear gas in Istanbul and Ankara against protesters.

(Questions): Are the protests just about trees - or something more?

(Answers): Demonstrators are also venting pent-up resentment against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in office for 10 years. Many secular Turks see him as an authoritarian figure who is trying to exert his conservative religious Islamic views on them. Erdogan rejects those accusations, insisting he respects all Turks and is a "servant" of the people.

(Questions): Who are the protesters?

(Answers): Most of the tens of thousands of protesters on Turkey's streets appear to be urban, secular Turks, frustrated by what they see as Erdogan's close ties to development interests and his alleged attempts to force his religious outlook on them. Erdogan says the protests have been stirred up by Turkey's opposition and extremists who are trying to force their will on the majority who backs him.

(Questions): What has Erdogan done?

(Answers): Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003 after winning three landslide elections, has been credited with boosting economic growth in Turkey and raising the country's international profile. But he has been a divisive figure at home, with his government cracking down on journalists, passing laws to curb the sale of alcohol and taking a strong stand against the Syrian regime - a stance that some believe has put Turkey's security at risk. Some Turks see him as a meddler in their personal lives, speaking out against Caesarean births, telling women they should have at least three children and even advising how TV characters should behave.

(Questions): Why are protesters angry at police?

(Answers): Social media has been awash with reports and videos of police abuse during the protests. Authorities have said police excesses would be investigated, but they appeared to continue unabated. Turkey's Human Rights Foundation says more than 1,000 protesters were subjected "to ill-treatment and torture" by police.

(Questions): What does the president of Turkey think?

(Answers): President Abdullah Gul has taken a more conciliatory line, celebrating peaceful protests as a democratic right. "Democracy does not mean elections alone," he said Monday.

(Questions): What's next? Is Turkey the next country to fall to an Arab Spring revolution?

(Answers): Turkey will be holding a presidential election next year in which Erdogan — who will hit his term limit as prime minister — could run against Gul. Despite images that resemble the Arab Spring protests that brought down leaders across the region, Erdogan is unlikely to fall. Turkey has a stable democracy and his backing by the silent majority still appears to be strong. "We already have a spring in Turkey," he said Monday, alluding to the nation's free elections.

Man shot dead during protest in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Officials say a 22-year-old man was shot dead during an anti-government protest in a city near the border with Syria.

The Hatay province governor's office says Tuesday the man was shot during a demonstration in Antakya city and later died in a hospital. It suggested, however, that he may have been shot by demonstrators trying to inflame tensions, saying police had been fired on during the Monday protest.

Thousands have joined anti-government rallies across Turkey to voice discontent with the 10-year rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The protests, the biggest Turkey has seen in recent years, were sparked by police crackdown of a peaceful sit-in to prevent demolition of a park in Istanbul.

Another protester was reported killed in Istanbul on Monday. Officials said that death was accidental.