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"this is probably all fake anyway - while people get beat up.

Why did the main political blocs which are supporting these protests ( BDP, CHP and TKP ) protest against allowing the syrian refugees enter turkey then. Can't you see that this is a political issue. What flags are people holding, that's a dead give away.

Violence and police brutality are terrible and inexcusable but this issue and protest isn't black not white.

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The moment the government starts using violence to surpress it, it becomes black and white. What motivations might be behind various subsets of the demonstrators is pretty much irrelevant at that point.

I agree completely. No matter what started the protests or who the parties behind the protest are, the fact that people are willing to withstand tear gas and water cannons shows that they have something worth fighting for.

It is not black and white indeed, but you are painting a black and white picture yourself. You should ask your question about the Syrian refugees to BDP, CHP and TKP themselves, nobody can know what they are thinking.

The bottom line is: this is a grassroots movement. These parties are just piggybacking, perhaps because they see an opportunity for political gain, perhaps because for such a wide response inevitably some people who cannot disassociate themselves from their parties are also joining the protests.

Just because it's political for some people doesn't mean it's political for all. Discounting honest protests by some because others are politically motivated is one-dimensional thinking.

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