Luther alumni getting first-person look at rioting in Istanbul

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Over 100,000 anti-government protesters on Sunday continued their demonstrations in Istanbul, Turkey.  Plans to demolish a downtown park sparked the demonstrations, but the major point of protest is the rising authoritarianism of the Turkish government.

Getting a first-hand view of the situation are nearly 40 members of a Luther College Alumni & Friends tour of Greece and Turkey.  Luther College classics professor Philip Freeman reports, "The protests, fires, and tear gas are all visible from our ship docked about a mile from Taksim Square."