Tag Archives: Ankara

Bianet: Ethem Sarısülük Library Opens

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Dozens of Gezi Parkers gathered in Mamak Halkevi in Ankara on Sunday after the appeal “Bring your book and attend our concert” – a campaign that aimed to turn the house into Ethem Sarısülük Library. Dozens of Gezi Parkers gathered in Mamak Halkevi House in Ankara after the appeal “Bring your book and attend our concert” – a campaign that [...] → Read the full article…

Science: Turkey must end violent response to protests

Edited by Jennifer Sills THE TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (TTB) REPORTED THAT 8121 PEOPLE WERE OFFICIALLY admitted to hospitals resulting from police violence between 31 May and 26 June (1). This number includes 5 deaths, 61 life-threatening injuries, 104 head traumas, and 11 ophthalmic injuries, one of which led to loss of an eye due to shots of tear gas canisters from [...] → Read the full article…

New York Times: In Turkey, media bosses are undermining democracy – Yavuz Baydar

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ISTANBUL — THE protests that convulsed Istanbul and other Turkish cities last month exposed, among many other things, the shameful role of Turkey’s media conglomerates in subverting press freedom. As the social unrest reached a peak on May 31 with clashes between tear-gas-happy police officers and protesters spreading through the heart of the city, the lack of even minimal coverage [...] → Read the full article…

Hurriyet Daily News: Court halts prosecution of officer who shot Gezi protester due to lack of permission

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An Ankara court has stopped the prosecution process regarding the police officer who shot and killed Ethem Sarısülük during a Gezi Park protest because it does not have permission to try the officer. The Sixth Ankara Criminal Court decided to send the investigation files regarding Sarısülük’s alleged shooter, identified as A.Ş., to the prosecutor’s office for the completion of “the [...] → Read the full article…

Turkey Accounts of Violence: Turkey vs. the Police: Ethem Sarisülük, the Protester Who Was Murdered by the Police

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On the second day of the nationwide Gezi Park protests, June 1st, Ethem Sarısülük, a laborer and human-rights activist was shot in the head by a policeman. After spending 11 critical days at the intensive care unit, news of Ethem’s brain death arrived on June 12, only to be followed by his clinical death on June 14. Despite the hard [...] → Read the full article…

Jadaliyya: Occupy Angara – A Situation assessment in a state of emergency

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[NOTE: Angara is an alternative pronunciation of the name Ankara, which reflects the peculiarities of the city and the country.] The Political Atmosphere Leading Towards Gezi Park Process It can be said that the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP) was born as a hegemonic project in the wake of the economic and social crisis that Turkey faced in 2001. In [...] → Read the full article…

Jadaliyya: ‘All of a sudden!’: Gezi Park resistance in Ankara

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Perhaps the best words to express the beginning of the resistance in Ankara belong to the Turkish poet Orhan Veli Kanık: “Everything happened all of a sudden!” We had been following the developments in Gezi Park for four days. These developments were similar to what had happened with the Emek Movie Theater, which was constructed in 1924 and was destroyed [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: Standing-still man in Taksim

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Last night, a man stood still in Taksim Square and did not move at all for hours. Became viral on social media as “duranadam” (standing-still man), the man inspired many others to join him. Around 2 am local time, police detained those who were standing still with “duranadam”. Last night, around 8:25 pm local time, a man stood still in [...] → Read the full article…

itv: Anti-government protests continue in Ankara

Thousands of protesters gathered on the streets of the Turkish capital of Ankara yesterday in the fiercest anti-government protests in years. Clashes between security forces and demonstrators continued into this morning, as police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds. 16 June 2013 Source: http://www.itv.com

Jadaliyya: #resistankara: Notes of a woman resisting

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Thousands of women filled the streets and squares in Ankara and took them back: spraying anti-teargas solutions in someone’s eyes, picking up the trash, advising people not to use swear words, but still talking, screaming, not keeping silent, swallowing, and walking, and walking again. The Gezi Park protests can be, and are being, analyzed in multiple ways. Meanwhile, on its [...] → Read the full article…