Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Wednesday to clear the park within 24 hours. (Photo by Christan Leonard)

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.