LiveLeak: Police attacks a pedestrian from back
Police (of state Ankara), attacks a pedestrian from back. 02 June 2013 Source: www.liveleak.com
Partial blindness and brain trauma
On the night of the 2nd of June, in Dolmabahçe, from a distance of 5 meters she was shot by a tear gas cartridge. The cartridge hit her eyebrow. Her forefront was cracked open. At the infirmary in Taksim Square, they tried emegency medical intervention without success. so, she was brought to the German Hospital where they diagnosed her situation [...] → Read the full article…
The Globe and Mail: Protests shake Turkey’s sense of stability
Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Turkey’s four biggest cities on Sunday, braving tear gas and rubber bullets on the third day of the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years. They were protesting a violent crackdown by the government against initially peaceful protesters trying to halt the demolition of a park next to Taksim Square – the heart [...] → Read the full article…
Turkish Police beat gezi protesters hiding in parking garage
LiveLeak: Turkish police in action
They mean business. 2 June 2013 Source: liveleak.com
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Around 1000 of protesters gathered in front of the State Library in Melbourne on 2nd of June, 2013 and then spread to the Federation Square. Demonstrations were against the Turkish government’s ruthless attitude to the innocent protests in Turkey. They wanted to support the people of Turkey against police violence and lack of freedom, which have been the major cause of [...] → Read the full article…
Portland, USA
On the 2nd of Jun, around 100 people gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square in order to support the protests in Turkey. Turkish flags and banners on which “Turkey, resist!” and “Portland is with you” were written were carried by the demonstrators. People shouted the slogans such as “Tayyip resign!” and “Hand in hand against fascism”. The Americans who got interested [...] → Read the full article…
Sydney, AUSTRALIA
The Queen Victoria Building and the Circular Quay has seen citiziens of Sydney demonstrating against the Turkish government and the police brutality againts the protests at the Gezi Park, on June 1st, 2013. Protesters supported the resisting people of Turkey with slogans such as “Everywhere Taksim, everywhere resistance!” and “Tayyip will come to our terms!”. Protests in Sydney spread to [...] → Read the full article…
Alternative Informatics Association’s press release
On May 31 2013, state power /Turkish police has used disproportionate force against citizens protesting the the government’s decision to build a shopping centre at the expense of one of Istanbul’s most famous park Gezi Park. Freedom of assembly and the right to express an opinion is a component of the constitutional and fundamental human rights and freedoms. Turkish citizens [...] → Read the full article…