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Source: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/06/erdogan-turkey-escalate-tensions-speech.html
Turkey's Erdogan:
(Al-Monitor) Tulin Daloglu - It was a shocking speech - as if Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had declared a war against a segment of his own people. "We've been patient for far too long," Erdogan said on Sunday, June 9, upon his arrival in Ankara's international airport. Erdogan increasingly perceives that the people protesting in the streets are conspiring to bring him down illegally. He is convinced that the protesters have not really come to the streets on their own, but that domestic and foreign provocateurs have goaded them into doing so. If there is provocation on the streets, it first started with excessive use of force by the police, and the more the prime minister continues to refuse to find a middle way. His decade-long policies, and the weak opposition, are responsible for the unrest on Turkey's streets. But with this speech, Erdogan made it clear that he wants to pick a fight with those who disagree with him. He is doing his best to divide the nation between his supporters and the others, and increasing the risks of clashes between those groups. Turkey has turned a corner to a dangerous path.