As part of the project Inside Out initiated last year by the Festival The Influencers, one of the “reclaimed” walls of Barcelona has been pasted with the photos of people supporting the Gezi Park resistance in Istanbul. Inspired by JR’s large-format street “pastings”, INSIDE OUT gives everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and make a statement for what they [...] → Read the full article…
82 university students have been expelled from state-run student residences in Samsun for attending Gezi Resistance protests – a penalty that also included the suspension of their scholarships and loans. 82 university students have been indefinitely expelled from state-run student residences in the northern province of Samsun for being detained during Gezi Resistance protests – a penalty that also included [...] → Read the full article…
Istanbul’s streets hosted a new kind of violence this summer: a civil uprising that extended beyond hooligans to environmentalists to young people who feel sidelined under what they see as the government’s increasingly authoritarian rule. The protests unleashed a polarization of the kind the country had never seen outside of the football… So it was one of the unlikeliest of [...] → Read the full article…
Metis Publishing House released the book version of “Gezi Resistance” issue of NTV Tarih, a popular history magazine that was closed down due to its attitude towards Gezi protests. Metis Publishing House released the book version of “Gezi Resistance” issue of NTV Tarih [History in Turkish]. Doğuş Group’s NTV Tarih magazine was halted before the aforementioned issue came out. Metis [...] → Read the full article…
Four months after protests against the planned redevelopment of an Istanbul park devolved into a violent national uproar against the government, Turkish students are taking to the streets once again to fight an all-too-familiar scheme. Turkish riot police fired on students with tear gas and water cannon as workers broke ground last week on a road that will intersect the [...] → Read the full article…
Police detained 11 individuals who gathered in Istanbul to protest the cutting of trees for a road construction on METU campus in Ankara. While 4 were released briefly after, the remaining 11 detainees will testify before a prosecutor today. Police detained 11 individuals who gathered in downtown Istanbul to protest the cutting of trees for a road construction on METU [...] → Read the full article…
We would like to give a brief summary about the recent course of events in Ankara, regarding an illegal highway construction by Metropolitan Municipality. An eight-lane highway plan, passing through the natural protected area within Middle East Technical University (METU) land, as well as conjoint neighborhoods, was put into action by Ankara Metropolitan Municipality without juridicial approval. METU community and [...] → Read the full article…
ANKARA – The debate over a controversial road construction on the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) campus shows that “some people have not learned their lessons,” according to the outgoing EU ambassador to Turkey. “It is unfortunate that it was undertaken without waiting for the final [court] decision.,” Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert, Head of the Delegation of the European Union, told [...] → Read the full article…
Various groups from METU released a statement, saying that Ankara Municipality’s bulldozers committed an “unlawful environmental massacre” by cutting trees on METU campus on the night of October 18. Various groups from METU will plant trees today on METU campus after Ankara Municipality’s bulldozers cut several trees on the night of October 18. Orta Doğu Academicians Association, METU Alumni Association, [...] → Read the full article…
Clashes have erupted on the campus of Ankara’s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) between police and people gathered to protest the removal of trees for a road construction passing through the campus. The police repeatedly used tear gas to disperse crowds on the night of Oct. 21. Hundreds of protesters have been present on campus since the morning, attempting to [...] → Read the full article…