Over the last four years while trapped in a medical bubble, I have become ridiculously less aware of the world. I know it and I hate it. As it kicked off when I began travelling, I had no idea about the happenings in Turkey save a rough idea that some sort of riot had been happening.
I met a seven year old with a Turkish mother and French father. They live in Istanbul. She speaks turkish and french. In an effort to remember some french, I made an effort to spend some time with her. With the brutal honesty of a french seven year old, she told me she understood some of what I said but not lots. She also told me how police shoot people in Turkey. Her parents say they are proud to be part of something so significant for their country. They mentioned the ongoing extensive amount of government media control and how when the protests began, one of the major tv stations showed a documentary of penguins. This was one of the young girl's favourite songs.
Embarrassed I knew so little about it, I went online and found this article.
Hopefully you find some of this as interesting as I did.
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