Turkey


 * Capital at Istanbul
 * Protestors have recently challenged Recep Tayyip Erdogan
 * Government takes a heavy hand with Kurdish minority
 * Popular outrage over a plan to reconstruct a historic barracks
 * Led to:
 * The occupation of Taksim Gezi Park
 * Angry clashes between protestors and the ruling Justice and Development Party
 * An ongoing trial here seeks to prove that members of "Operation Sledgehammer" were plotting a coup
 * Launched an airstrike against smugglers in Uludere
 * Sparked protests in Diyarbakir
 * One prisoner renounced nationalism after reading Benedict Anderson