The level of disputes with other countries, regions and groups is rising. Erdogan is a divisive person.
Yet most Turkish (muslim or not) are calm, pleasant people. Even military police.
We were trapped in our street outside the hotel with angry protesters to the left and riot police with big plastic shields and guns to the right. A policeman called us over and the line opened so we could walk down the path.
But there must be a lot happening which we don't see or are not being told. The uproar and screening of the Christchurch video is surely a decoy do divert attention from something else.
