Police used teargas to rebuff protesters voicing their dislike of Erdogan's plan to raze Istanbul's Gezi Park for a shopping mall
Kasimpasa, the hardscrabble Istanbul neighborhood where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan grew up, is known for producing men who have a prickly sense of honor, are easily offended and like a fight. Erdogan brought that assertive, take-no-prisoners style into politics, and it has helped him keep his friends in line and his critics cowed. No longer: the tens of thousands of Turks who have poured onto the streets in recent days are telling their Prime Minister they are tired of the Kasimpasa leadership style.
Many Turks hoped they had left that style...
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