Critics say that tourists also unwittingly endorse the government's repressive tactics.

Although the Government's repressive tactics have intimidated people throughout the country, this fear is mixed with outrage.

Until now, a former ally of the President noted, there has been no counterbalance to the repressive tactics of the military and intelligence branches.

Human rights observers here are skeptical that a change in the law will do much to change Turkey's repressive tactics.

Tensions over the repressive tactics of the government and its overall direction mounted steadily.

And with the new Government increasingly inclined toward the repressive tactics of its predecessors, dreams of democracy have begun to fade.

"A big factor in the past was that police were using repressive tactics to keep people in line."

Employers responded with repressive tactics, including acts of violence against workers.

He said city officials settled because "they probably didn't want to go to trial and bring increased public attention to their authoritarian and repressive bully-like tactics."

Papa Doc's reign was marked by extremely repressive tactics.