mohammed jamjun, do you believe they played a part in the decision they made today? >> very good question, leading up to today on many occasions in the past weeks, you have heard from iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi, warned repeatedly iraqi politicians that they must get their act together, they must show the public that they're doing their utmost to fight corruption. he sense thread was a bit of revolutionary sentiment growing from this protest and government officials best be warned about the protests on the street. there is a direct correlation. one more thing to note. just on friday you had the highest religious authority, shia authority, to the highest shia cleric, ali al sistani, to give him a green light, to show the iraqi public they are battling corruption. we are at one of the protests and there were thousands of people in tahrir square, all of them saying these were apolitical protests that even though there are a number of security challenges in iraq the people are fed up with the power cuts, during the sweltering blazingly hot heat wave, not having

mohammed jamjun reports. >> reporter: it is a mournful atmosphere for the patrons of baghdad's cafe. here they sip and smoke what small comforts are provided. but not even these decaying mementos of iraq's past are enough to counter the reminders of iraq's dangerous presence. >> what effects on the ground, nothing on the ground. >> reporter: political analyst ali said the year since the u.s. coalition began its air strikes against islamic state of iraq and the levant many iraqis have grown more distrustful than ever of their government's alliance with the united states. >> they have policy and they want to use this war for their global policy. >> reporter: a short walk away just down baghdad's bustling street, the mood is livelier but not much happier. during the recent record heat wave though, age are and anxiety seem to rise faster than the temperature. here in baghdad there is a real sense of concern about the effectiveness of the air strikes against i.s.i.l, especially at a time when the group has a stronghold just 90 minutes away in the capital. wrich history, this is wherwrics

mohammed jamjun has the story. >> on this scorchingly holt day some tempers boiled over. >> this is a revolution and this is the last warning. next time we'll walk right into parliament. this is a warning to all officials and all mps who are not considering our needs. their fate will be like the fate of the previous dictators. >> reporter: thousands of iraqis demonstrated demanding the simplest of services. >> we want electricity clean water. better job opportunities. today's protest is about parliament. >> reporter: they took to the streets to prove to their leaders that this movement is real. and vowed to keep coming out so long as their needs aren't addressed. one of the strongest sentiments that we're hearing today is one that is very much against the iraqi parliament. the activists that are out here most of them youth activists saying they are apolitically blaming iraq's parliament for rampant corruption that they say is inhibiting their ability to get a future. to work for them to give them their very basic human rights. the only flags allowed were iraqi ones. demonstrating a un

mohammed jamjun is in iraq. >> what makes this protest so remarkable is not only people coming out in the scorchingly no political party flags that are out here today. now we have another group coming by. it is a jubilant atmosphere, there are a lot of youth activists here that are saying they have come out to tell the government that corruption must be stopped. everybody we've spoken with has said that the government needs to be sent a message that people here need to feel they have a future. that they need to feel that the government is working to give them the most basic human services, clean water, power, they want electricity so they can have air conditioning in this record heat wave. a lot of people out here telling us they don't want it to become political, they are just asking for their basic human rights. >> five people have been killed in clashes in eastern turkey. four people died in a gun fight between police and fighters niche the border near iraq and syria. center of renewed fighting between is pkk and turkish security forces. >> even is usually the busiest time of the d

al jazeera answer mohammed jamjun is in baghdad. >> it is extraordinary, by our estimation at least aouple thousand protesters this day. not just what makes them come out in a scorching reply hot day, you'll notice these are just iraqi flags that are being waved here today. there are no political party flags that are out here today. now we have another group coming by. it is a jubilant atmosphere. there are a lot of youth activists here that are saying they have come out to tell the government that corruption must be stopped. everybody we've spoken with has said that the government needs to be sent a message that people here need to feel they have a future. that they need to feel that the government is working to give them the most basic human services, clean water, power, they want leskt so they can have air -- they want to have electricity so they can have air conditioning in this record heat wave. they don't want this to become anything political, they are just asking for their basic human rights. >> five people have been killed in clashes in eastern turkey. three people died in a