Protest Action commemorating Ahmet Atakan killed in Armutlu, Hatay while protesting in support of METU resistance.
Our living spaces are perpetually threatened by all institutions of the governing political logic. Not long ago, this logic had shown its dark and revanchist face through the clouds of tear gas during Gezi and it’s now re-surfacing on bumpers of bulldozers destroying the Middle East Technical University (METU) campus, one of the few remaining green spaces of Ankara. What [...] → Read the full article…
Clashes have erupted on the campus of Ankara’s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) between police and people gathered to protest the removal of trees for a road construction passing through the campus. The police repeatedly used tear gas to disperse crowds on the night of Oct. 21. Hundreds of protesters have been present on campus since the morning, attempting to [...] → Read the full article…
Protest Action commemorating Ahmet Atakan killed in Armutlu, Hatay while protesting in support of METU resistance.
Dissident groups stage demonstrations after death of 22-year-old man during clashes with police in country’s southeast. Anti-government protesters have gathered in Turkey after a demonstrator died during a protest in the southeastern province of Hatay. Hundreds of demonstrators marched to Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday after Taksim Solidarity Platform, an umbrella group of Turkish dissidents, called for a gathering to mark the death [...] → Read the full article…
Students of Ankara’s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) gathered inside the campus to denounce a road project that will lead to the demolition of part of the university’s forested area on Sept. 6. Police resorted to a brutal crackdown to quell the protests that raged throughout the day. Students first gathered during the morning and stood in front of construction vehicles, [...] → Read the full article…
Middle East Technical University (METU) students and some Gezi Park forums in Ankara have launched a protest in order to prevent a planned road construction through METU campus and forest. Middle East Technical University (METU) students have set up tents and launched a protest against the planned road construction between Anadolu Boulevard and Konya province, as construction workers have advanced [...] → Read the full article…