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“Standing Man” and new wave of protests in Turkey

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“Get up stand up, stand up for your rights”, a song made famous many years ago by Bob Marley is being brought to life by the “Standing Man” and many others who followed him in a fresh and new wave of protests this week, all around Turkey. I had the chance to join some of them at Taksim square now to customize this embed. Politics roundup: Tense days over the Peace process. Turkey faces pressure to advance Kurdish militant peace process By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party is pressing Ankara to advance a peace process with Kurdish militants before a parliament recess, drawing a government accusation on Friday that it was exploiting.

Germany does not give in to Turkish threats and blocks Turkey’s European Union Talks.. a FP and #OccupyTurkey roundup…

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Germany Blocks Turkey’s European Union Talks A diplomat said Thursday that Germany had blocked the next step in the European Union’s membership talks with Turkey over the government’s crackdown on street protests this month. Germany summons Turkish ambassador over EU criticism Germany. Now his is summoned.