Nowadays, land and inhabited spaces are images of the “money” that needs to augment itself through their use and market values. When I arrived in İstanbul, I immediately went to one of the forums held in the parks. I wanted to witness the point reached in the course of a month. The attendees’ contribution, enthusiasm, sincerity, seriousness, authenticity impressed me [...] → Read the full article…
Abbasağa Park forum | Sinan Cakmak Right after the #OccupyGezi movement was ‘evicted’ from Taksim Square’s infamous Gezi Park on 15 June, thousands of people began to gather together in neighborhood forums to discuss the local and national issues directly affecting their lives. Every evening people from all walks of life come to parks around nine in the evening to [...] → Read the full article…
NEWS CENTER- After Gezi Park protests, the resisters we talked during the forums in Abbasağa pointed out that nothing would be the same. The resisters do not want to turn back to their previous lives, they call each other all the time and they say that all these events prove that their dreams are to be realized. The resisters think [...] → Read the full article…
Yeniköy Muhtarı (the elected representative of the neighborhood) says, “We had made plans to gather again tonight. We couldn’t understand why such an aggressive situation occurred”, while, on the other hand, Sibel Yerdeniz says the muhtar himself had told her, “We don’t want you here, go to a different park”. Following the Gezi Park resistance, yesterday there was an attack [...] → Read the full article…