> Yet a democratically-elected government made a decision in the name of the people to replace this park with a shopping mall. No, it appears rampant corruptio

> Yet a democratically-elected government made a decision in the name of the people to replace this park with a shopping mall. No, it appears rampant corruption in the construction industry (with the perception it is privately benefiting the Turkish PM and his political party) led to a decision not 'in the name of the people'. [1] > People protesting against that by blocking the construction process (i.e. stand in front of bulldozers etc.) are effectively overturning democracy in order to protect their personal interests. If we assume the reporting so far is reasonably accurate, they are protesting against the erosion of democracy by an increasingly authoritarian PM and corrupted political party which he leads. It is darkly ironic that you'd attempt to portray their efforts as anti-democratic. [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/erdogan-grip-turkey-istanbul-expansion http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/erdogan-grip-tur...