Place of Political Protest: Saray Square as place-based arguments and place-as-rhetoric in Kurdistan Protests

Introduction
In the contemporary society marred with numerous political protests, protest strategies have evolved to empower the protests notwithstanding the location of the protest. Throughout history, the rhetoric of a space or place has evoked numerous arguments on the part of the
protesters regarding the nature of the protests. In the light of this, the place where the protest function takes place is the starting point for the protests and it changes with time. Choosing the place where the protest is going to take place is a rhetorical move in itself as it aligns itself with whatever that may have occurred earlier in the history of the same place as well as any other meaning that is attributed to the same place. Moreover, this place may produce a social meaning that may be attributed to the place by successive events witnessed in the particular place. It remains very clear for the public opinion and the audience what may have precipitated the protest. For example, people in the United States may choose to protest at similar place where the towers used to be located.
Literature Review
Using a similar analogy, the people in Egypt made the choice to protest at Al-Tahreer, which is a liberty or freedom square in an attempt to send an apparent message to the world and the reigning power in Egypt that freedom was the main motive of their protest. Numerous attempts have been made to explore the link between political movements and the recursive political forces of the place in the protest. Discourses have attempted to stress on how the rhetoric that has been inherited historically has been influential through an analysis of the protest goals (Robertson 18).
 There is usually a symbolic meaning attached to the place where the protest occurs and this symbolism helps strengthen the rhetorical messages given by the protesters who made the choice to gather at the place. Hence, the place of protest is usually the place where past sentiments evoke new and fresh ones. The past memories and poetic descriptions of the historical events happen in the same place. These memories lark as the latent potential for anyone of the new generation to revive the potency and dress in the new political and social goals or ideologies (Jenkins 20).
 Works Cited
Jenkins, Craig. The Politics Of Social Protest:Comparative Perspectives On States And Social Movements. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, 1995.
Robertson. The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, n.d.