Erdogan: Turkey has avoided the fate of Ukraine and Egypt
Leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said That street violence in Ukraine has opened the route to the division of the country. in his vision, if Turkey was under surveillance " anti-government protests in Gezi Park in Istanbul, it would have suffered the fate of Ukraine and Egypt, where in February 2011 was overthrown ruled since 1981, Hosni Mubarak, reports RIA " Novosti "." What would happen if Gezi-Protests were not taken under observation and we would give up the face of street violence? The response to this question was given in Egypt and Ukraine. Street Protests in Ukraine has opened the route to the division of the country, " said Erdogan, speaking in Istanbul at a meeting of the Union of Turkish businessmen. Erdogan has highly assessed the actions of the Turkish police, saying That she had not used excessive violence during last year's protests. Erdogan at the same time he said about the protests against police brutality in the United States, where, according to him, the police " knocks down, hit his head on the ground and kills unarmed people." Demonstration of disagreement were started in Istanbul at the end of may because of the decision of the authorities to cut down the Gezi Park in Taksim and build in its place shopping and entertainment complex in the framework of the restoration of the eponymous square. Protesters supported fifty percent of the provinces of Turkey and Turks living in Europe. The protests escalated into a wave of protests against the policies of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. The victims of the riots were five people, the number of received damage reached 5 thousand Authorities in Istanbul and Ankara were prohibited from holding demonstrations in the centers of these cities.