Database of publications / THE TULIP REVOLUTION: MIXED MESSAGES OF OFFICIAL MEMORY (By Sally N. Cummings (04/02/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst).

This year a public holiday for the first time marked the day of Kyrgyzstan's 24 March 2005 Tulip Revolution. Parliament only ten days previously had accepted changes to the Labor Code to call March 24 a new red letter day, Revolution Day. But in the capital Bishkek celebrations were memorable less for the low-key Philharmonic concert or the military salute organized by the mayor of Bishkek Daniyar Usenov (2560 salvos in 10 minutes at a cost of 180,000 som) than for the large police presence. Security services from Kyrgyzstan's UGAI, GUVD and Ministry of Interior had been placed on a 24-hour alert.

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