Tag Archives: non-violent resistance

Firat News: The reason why I am a conscientious objector – Mehmet Yıldırım

Mehmet Yıldırım, the brother of Medeni Yıldırım who was shot and killed by Turkish soldiers during a protest against a base construction in Lice this past June, has announced that he will refuse to do his military service. Mehmet Yildirim has demanded the right to conscientious objector status, saying “If I pick a weapon I will have picked up a [...] → Read the full article…

Toronto Star: Iconography of non-violence and Turkey’s ‘standing man’ – Rick Salutin

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Turkey’s standing man is uniquely individual, even casual within the gallery of non-violent acts of resistance. It’s hard to say what’s so moving about him. He stands, sleeves rolled up, hands in pants pockets, gazing (in the original version) at a portrait of modern Turkey’s founder, Kemal Ataturk, clearly pondering it — for eight hours. It’s not overtly defiant but [...] → Read the full article…