A friend in Turkey translated the portion of the article to which I linked about the AKP parliamentarian’s speech:

Abdullah Çalışkan: “The Youth is asking for revolution, and I, as a romantic revolutionist, am side by side with them. However, a revolution cannot be orange. It can be either red or green. I prefer the green one.”

As Prime Minister Erdogan said at the beginning of his political career, “Democracy is like a streetcar. You ride it until you arrive at your destination and then you step off.” It seems the streetcar may be slowing down…