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Satellite Pictures of the Istanbul Demonstration |
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Monday, 30 April 2007 |
Istanbul was painted in red with Turkish flags yesterday (April 29, 2007) as about 1 million Turks demonstrated against the forthcoming election of Abdullah Gül as new President (elected by the parliment) of the Turkish Republic. The main concern of the protesters is the concentration of political power in the hands of the moderate Islamist party AKP.
In modern Turkish history, the military has regarded itself as the keeper of secularism. The armed forces leadership has issued a sharp warning towards the government and parliament that they consider the laical order of the Turkish Republic to be under threat.
The AKP also holds an absolute majority in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey but were elected by 1/3 of the votes by Turkish public due to 45% of the votes being divided by other parties that could not pass the 10% threshold therefore has no representation in the parliment. (results of the 2002 elections can be seen at Secim.com)
Picture taken from satellite on April 29 2007
Red sections are people with Turkish Flags on the roads
Zoomed out picture taken from satellite
Satlite picture taken on a normal day
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