Locals of many Turkish cities came out to show their solidarity to Taksim Gezi Park protesters and express their outrage at the police’s brutal raids May 31, organizing several protests across the country. Most notably, Ankara locals gathered in Kuğulu Park, their own little patch of green in the center of the city. Another group of 2,000 people that gathered at the [...] → Read the full article…
Images of police violence were published showing violence directed against Hazar Tunca during the Gezi Park demonstrations. Videos of the police attack on Hazar Tunca during events following the police intervention aimed at breaking up the gathering in Taksim’s Gezi Park have been released. He got to the tree before the bulldozer and shielded the tree It seems that Tunca [...] → Read the full article…
Sepehr Vahabi, an Iranian student at the Faculty of Naval Architecture at Istanbul Technical University, lost his left eye due to a rubber bullet fired by the police force during the Gezi Park demonstrations. Many people were wounded last week as police forces attacked demonstrators protesting against the demolition of Gezi Park with pressurized water, pepper gas and rubber bullets. [...] → Read the full article…
The No Tav movement from Val Susa (Susa Valley near Turin) has sent a solidarity message to protesters in Gezi Park. The No Tav are fighting against the construction of the high speed train from Turin to Lyon. A mega work which would destroyed lands and seriously affect people’s life and health. And a useless project for which there is [...] → Read the full article…
Scores of people were injured on Friday after Turkish police fired tear gas, pepper spray and water cannons at demonstrators occupying a park in Istanbul over plans for a major construction project. Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of demonstrators on Friday, injuring scores in a bid to break up a four-day protest against a major [...] → Read the full article…
Riot police fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators, injuring dozens in a bid to break up a four-day protest against a major construction project in Istanbul’s Taksim Square. Several of the injured were left lying on the ground unconscious after police used tear gas and pepper spray on them, while two people were admitted to hospital with injuries to [...] → Read the full article…
Turkish police attacked Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park protesters, injuring dozens, as a sit-in against a mall project entered its fourth day on May 31. Police made numerous attacks on protesters in Istanbul’s Taksim area, in a crackdown on crowds gathered to stop the bulldozing of trees for a planned mall in the city center. Police detained more than 60, Istanbul [...] → Read the full article…
ISTANBUL — Turkish riot police used tear gas and water cannon in a dawn raid Friday to end a peaceful sit-in by hundreds of people trying to prevent trees from being uprooted at an Istanbul park. The move ignited furious protests and clashes that injured at least 12 people. The protest then spread to the capital Ankara, where hundreds of [...] → Read the full article…
On Wednesday, the 560th anniversary of İstanbul’s conquest by the Ottomans, actor Devrim Evin, who starred as Mehmet the Conqueror (Fatih) in the 2012 movie “Fetih 1453,” turned down an invitation by the city of İstanbul to join the traditional ceremonies. Evin’s decision was surely a surprise to local authorities. I don’t know what else we could expect him to [...] → Read the full article…