Republic Protestsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Republic Protests (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Mitingleri) were a series of peaceful mass rallies that took place in Turkey in the spring of 2007. People who support the Kemalist ideology and state secularism participated in the rallies. The initial aim of the protests was to pressure prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not to be a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections. Later, the aim was changed to pressure Abdullah Gül who was the only presidential candidate, to withdraw his candidacy. The rallies were organized by both the Atatürkist Thought Association under the leadership of General Şener Eruygur, who was later prosecuted for having participated in the planning of several abortive coups against the incumbent, conservative Justice and Development Party.