Major Occupy Turkey protests violence has stained government and brought fear for peaceful future

Turkey unions strike after PM defends crackdown

AFP – Two of Turkey’s main trade unions began a nationwide strike Monday to protest at police violence against anti-government demonstrators, a day after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended his crackdown on an Istanbul protest park. Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler condemned the stoppage. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles