Of Athena Papakosta

In the images we take and transmit from Turkey over the last six nights what is worth keeping is how many young people go out on the streets every day.

Most are students under 24, who despite bans, chemicals, pepper spray, plastic spheres, wood and arrests present the streets of Constantinople, Ankara and other dozens of cities defying fear.

After all, the first to break the barricades of the police forces last Wednesday, March 19th, was a group of students from the University of Constantinople, marching to the city’s largest city town hall.

These 20 -year -old children have never been massively demonstrated in their lives and to date cannot remember anyone else in the helm of Turkey outside Recep Tayyip Erdoganwhose ruling party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002.

“I don’t know what he did 20 years ago, but today he is just a dictator”He was saying from Saraccan in Constantinople by 22 -year -old Irmak speaking to the British BBC network.

As they explain, speaking to international news networks in Turkey and recording minute by minute, all developments are not only concerned with the arrest and detention of the devastated mayor of Constantinople, Imamoglou but democracy in the country, the protection and defense of it.

A total of 1,133 people have been arrested so far, and Imoglou have urged the young people staying away from the conflict through the Marmara prison. Characteristically emphasized “Dear young people: Stay away from conflict. Be good with our security forces, our police officers, our people, whom I love very much. Let me see you all with smiling faces tonight, “adding,” I work hard, I will work even harder, it really doesn’t matter where I am. ”

For the president of Turkey, however, the president of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and his… associates are solely responsible for the recent days of violence.

Speaking after the meeting of the Council of Ministers in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that “The leader of the opposition party and his associates, who called on the citizens to take to the streets, are solely responsible for police officers who were injured in Vandals’ attacks and the damage to billions of pounds in public property.”

The president of the Republican People’s Party, Ozgur Ozel, who addressed for another night to the concentrated, these demonstrations are one ‘Act of contempt against fascism’ And he stressed that today he would visit Imamoglou in prison.

For its part, the European Union appeals to Ankara to maintain its democratic values ​​as a candidate -state. Stressing that “The rights of elected officials, as well as the right of peaceful demonstrations must be fully respected” European Commission spokesman Guillaume Mersier, we want Turkey to remain committed to Europe, but this requires a clear commitment to democratic rules and practices.