Yellow Vest protests cause satisfaction and resentment in Turkey
Protests in Paris have ignited fears of copycat demonstrations against President Erdogan in Turkey.
![FRANCE-PROTESTS/ A man wearing a yellow vest and holding a French flag stands on a bridge near the Nantes Atlantique Airport as the "yellow vests" movement continues, in Bouguenais, France, December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe - RC1FB4AA8210](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2018/12/RTX6I44N.jpg/RTX6I44N.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=gz5AnwZq)
Five years have elapsed since Istanbul's Gezi Park demonstrations, which started as a simple environmental protest but quickly escalated into a nationwide protest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule by predominantly secularist quarters.
The fear and loathing caused by those demonstrations — which were suppressed with overwhelming police force and left eight demonstrators and two policemen dead — remain very much alive for Erdogan and his diehard supporters.