As the IMF/World Bank was meeting in Istanbul today, violent protesters attempted to disrupt the meetings by waging a path of chaos. Although their plan to reach the meeting was foiled by over a thousand police forces armed with tear gas and water cannons, the protesters were still able to damage many foreign banks and ransack a McDonald's.
But the statement was still made: The IMF is corrupt. They don't seem to be getting much done, and to many Turkish people it is seen as simply another way that America is coming in and running their lives, and therefore needs to leave. Although the means of the protest were costly, destroying buildings and such, at least maybe now the IMF will see how hated it is by many people around the world.
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