ÇGD, TGC, TGC (Journalist Unions and Associations) protested the police as they were detained, exposed to violence and prevented from doing their jobs. The protest of Journalism Associations took place as a reaction against the statements of the government targeting journalists, prevention of making news related to Gezi Parkı protest and the violent attacks of the police. Protesting the blocking [...] → Read the full article…
History, note it! Here is what happened in Istiklal Street around 11pm on the night of 15th of June, 2013: Istiklal was teargassed. A friend with raised his arms up, was shouting “Calm down! Calm down! Slowly!” so that people would not get crushed. As he turned his face to the police, something hit him in the head. He fell [...] → Read the full article…
“My kitchen still smells like tear-gas. I have to wear a gas mask inside my apartment. My grandmother is very marginal, isnt she? She is 87 years old.” Edwin Finnerty Excerpt from Facebook 16 June 2013
Şafak Küçüksezer, member of Bosphorus Jazz Choir and TKP, was injured from his head with a tear gas canister yesterday. Şafak’s situation is improving. Şafak Küçüksezer was hit by a tear gas canister during the incidents taking place on the Anatolian side of Istanbul. Şafak was taken to theGöztepe Training and Research Hospital. It is reported that his situation is [...] → Read the full article…
Berkin Elvan, 14 years of age. Berkin Elvan, 14, was shot in the head by a tear gas canister during a police attack at Okmeydanı. The attack was directed towards demonstrators supporting the Gezi Park resistance. Berkin was transferred to Okmeydanı Hospital, and is reported to be in coma, since the gas cartridge happened to be stuck into his brain. [...] → Read the full article…
Journalists Eylem Düzyol and Fulya Atalay were subjected to police violence at Pangalti. Following the police crackdown on Gezi Park, journalists Eylem Düzyol and Fulya Atalay wanted to take photographs of the scene, but got beaten up by the police, despite showing their press cards. Taraf reporter Bahar Kılıçgedik‘s brother Hasan Kılıçgedik (30) also got hospitalized after getting hit [...] → Read the full article…
On 10 June 2013 at midnight, on Tunus Street, Ankara Muhammet Canseval and Selim Kılıç paper recylcling workers were subjected to arbitrary atrocity and severe beating. The brief story is as follows: Selim is a paper scavenger and he was collecting paper during demonstrations. As the violence broke out, he headed towards the police and shouted out loudly that he [...] → Read the full article…
The course of the protests that started as a demonstration against the construction of a shopping mall in place of Gezi Park under the guise of building a replica of former Ottoman military barracks influenced people in different ways. As a Kaldıraç (a monthly revolutionary socialist magazine) poster hanging in Taksim says, “Now everyone has a resistance, solidarity and violence [...] → Read the full article…
Selim Polat, 25, currently a student of YTU and a member of the board of management in Socialist Democracy Party (SDP) at Istanbul branch, lost his eye in Gezi Park demonstrations. He was interviewed by Radikal daily newspaper. In his interview, he indicated that he was hit by a plastic rubber shot by the police from a distance of ten [...] → Read the full article…
In the investigation regarding Ethem Sarısülük, an OSTİM worker who was shot in the head during the first days of the resistance in Kizilay, the legal expert stated that he was directly targeted and shot. Public prosecutor asked for the name of the policeman, who fired the gun, and the videos of the incidence. However, no response has been given [...] → Read the full article…