Category Archives: Personal stories

MD. Savas Comlek: “ It is not possible to describe with words what happened at Gezi on the night of June 11”

We talked with one of the Yesil Gazete editors,  Dr. Savas Comlek,  about the infirmaries in the park and what happenned during his detention. He was taken into custody on June 16 and released the same day, How did you become involved with the Gezi Parki protests? I want to live in a better city. In recent years, the city [...] → Read the full article…

Hunger strike for a week!

I decided to go on a hunger strike starting from June 18th, 3pm, where fellow Ethem Sarisuluk was shot, without leaving the spot for a whole week, so that no more people like Ethem Sarisuluk die anymore, so that no more fellows are permanently disabled, so that nobody else is unlawfully detained like my Comrade Aydin and thousand other comrades, [...] → Read the full article…

Gökhan Biçici told us the police violence he experienced

Gökhan Biçici was detained on 16 June after being battered and dragged on the floor by the police. And after he was released, he told us the police violence he experienced Gökhan Biçici, a member of broadcasting board in Emek Dünyası Net and the program editor of Emek Dünyası on İmc TV, went to Şişli to watch the protests against [...] → Read the full article…

Birgun: “If the resistance succeeds I won’t feel sorry for being injured”

Tens of people are injured due to police violence which is backed by gandarmerie after PM Erdoğan’s directive to disperse the protesting groups. Many of the injured are taken into treatment at Şişli Etfal Hospital and new casualities arrived at ER through the night. Some of the eye injuries are caused by plastic bullets and many others are hit by [...] → Read the full article…

Radikal: “My arbitrary custody story”

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  Raidal.com.tr- Today’s Zaman reporter Rumeysa Kiger, who was in the group that had a meeting with Prime Minister Erdoğan last week, was taken into custody this morning in Taksim. Based on the information her husband gave, she was going through Taksim Square for an interview in the morning, and she ran into some police interfering some protestors. In that [...] → Read the full article…

Resist Turkey!

‘Dear resisters! While reading your criticisms and comments in admiration and hope, I understand that Gezi Park protests have achieved a lot indeed… There is no fear any more… I write as a person who has been in Taksim Gezi Park since 31 May. You should know that we hear simultaneously about everything that happens in Ankara. We react from [...] → Read the full article…

Anadolu Agency employees under pressure!

‘We would like to tell you about an experience we had in one of the public transportation vehicles today. We are summarizing here the words of an Anadolu Agency employee we met. We do not give his name due to possible tracing and threats. We learnt that the general manager (Kemal Öztürk) of Anadolu Agency and its senior staff are [...] → Read the full article…

Dismayed Lawyers!

“The lawyers who have been detained do not want lawyers. I entered from a back door and heard one of them say “OK brother we gave our word to you”. When I asked ‘what word does he talk about”, the officer started bullying me. They were all frightened. They are looking into our eyes but cannot speak out. My battery [...] → Read the full article…