and soner cagaptay, director of the washington institute's turkish research program. we thank you both for being here let me start with you, scott peterson. the government came down really hard on these demonstrators last night. where do these things stand now? >> well, at the moment-- and, in fact, fo mst of the day today-- the police have been very, very relaxed. they've certainly been in control of this square. they opened it up this morning after a night full of violence. there was a lot of back-and-forth fighting with protesters, lots of things exploding, things moving through the air and ultimately, of course, the police won that battle and by dawn this morning there was traffic already moving around the square and we saw a very different sense from the police today. they looked very relaxed, had their helmets off, riot shields piled up, although we're not sure what may be happening tonight. some people are expecting there might be a push to try and clear that gezi park. >> woodruff: soner cagaptay, who are these people and what is driving them? >> they are secu