It just too much.

Citizens from all walks of life turned out by the thousands to protest government policies that they felt went just too far.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.

Coming up in the hour ahead, we'll meet a young Turk who explains what it's been like to join the demonstrations in Istanbul and how it's helped to unite all kinds of Turkish citizens.

Divere, very we're secular people, Divere, socialist Muslims, LGBT groups, gays, lesbians,

you know, nationistic Turks,

nationistic Kurds, all came together for a purpose.

While in Germany, a new coalition government is forcing political rivals to work together.

So what does the average German think about their money going to prop up the weaker economies

of their neighbors to the south.

It's not just like we Germans think,

oh those southerners down there, they don't work to heart,

but we do know that it's about who actually gets the money.

Stay with us for a personal look behind what's making news in Germany and Turkey coming right up on Travel with Rick Steve's.

In a city of 14 million people, there's not a lot of green space for everyone to enjoy on a fine spring day.

That appears to be what ignited the protest in Istanbul in May of 2013.

Government plans to turn Gezie Park into a shopping mall.

It's estimated that well over 3 million Turks have taken to the streets at one time or another

last year in thousands of demonstrations. And the more the national

government has tried to suppress the protests, the more people join in. In just a bit

today on Travel with Rick Staves, we'll hear why one young woman took to the streets of her city

and how Turks of all stripes are keeping their democratic expectations high and on the front burner.

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