I hope you are following the troubles in Turkey. Opponents to the increasingly autocratic Erdogan government are massing in the parks and streets, being confronted by the police. A long article from Newsweek/the Daily Beast gives you a feel for this opposition.
The author quotes Erdogan as having said democracy is like a train: ride it until you get where you want to be, and then get off. That sounds evil to those of us who value democracy as an end, not just an interim means.
