The Jerusalem Post published an article by Ariel Ben Solomon devoted to the Israeli-Iranian conflict. "The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), Brig.-Gen. Hossein Salami announced on Saturday that his country has built a top secret air-defense system, which is more advanced than the Russian S-300," the article begins.
"An air defense system more advanced than what they didn’t supply to us due to their strategic interests went on display in the IRGC's recent exhibition," Salami is quoted by the author as saying.
"He said that the air-defense system would not be publicly displayed, but would "remain confidential" for now," the article reads. "Media reports indicate that Iran has long sought to purchase the S-300 from Russia but has faced pressure from the US and Israel against the sale."
Hurriyet Daily News published an article by Serkan Demirtas entitled "The Gezi protests: A historic struggle for democracy."
"Last year, on this very day, hundreds of thousands of Turkish people hit the streets to protest the security forces’ brutal crackdown on environmentalist activists’ peaceful protest against the government’s plans to demolish a symbolic park, Gezi Park, at Istanbul’s historically important Taksim Square. Since then, a number of books, academic studies and documentaries have tried to provide an in-depth analysis of the motivations behind the massive Gezi Park protests and of their political and social consequences," the article reads.
Turkey’s major opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), also studied the Gezi protests in a report titled “The Gezi Movement,” prepared by its Research and Policy Development Department. The 76-page report was written by a team under the leadership of CHP Deputy Head Sencer Ayata, Turkey’s renowned sociology professor, the author of the article informs.
“Sadly, I have to acknowledge that the citizens’ basic rights in our country are being limited by a political regime whose authoritarian tendencies have become increasingly evident. This oppressive regime is not content with limiting political liberties; it interferes with individuals’ private lives, and restricts their freedom of personal choice,” CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is quoted as saying in his introduction to the report.
Acccording to the author of the article, the reports describes the Gezi movement as a “historic struggle for democracy”.
