Thanks for the compliments about Turkish people, jacquesm.

I can say that things have improved in the last couple of days; violence of police has been more or less throttled, the local media has started covering the news, and members of the gov't, the deputy PM, the President and even pro-goverment journalists have started realizing the significance of this issue. I would say the main opposition is actually against the PM Erdogan himself now, who has yet to show respect for us. We will see whether he will change his mind in a few days and apologize (not very likely), when he returns from his trip to Algeria.