Category Archives: Gezi Forums
Meetings in Turkey and Abroad, Farewelling Berkin Elvan
This Page is frequently updated, please inform us about your events & changes Everywhere Taksim Facebook Page We are gathering in more than 25 cities worldwide to commemorate our brother Berkin Elvan who died today at the age of 15 and had been in coma since June last year when he was hit by a teargas cartridge during Gezi protests [...] → Read the full article…
Cihangir Roma Kaleyard
FrankfurterRundschau: Das Ende der Osmanischen Gärten von Frank Nordhausen
Yedikule, die Burg der sieben Türme, heißt dieser Abschnitt des byzantinischen Steinwalls Istanbuls. Foto: imago stock&people Die ungezügelte Bauwut und die Gier nach großen Gewinnen macht in Istanbul vor keiner historischen Kostbarkeit halt. Aber seit der Erfahrung am Taksim-Platz wehren sich die Bürger. Den schönsten Blick auf die Osmanischen Gärten in Istanbul hat man von der alten byzantinischen Stadtmauer. Man schaut hinunter [...] → Read the full article…
Bianet: “You are the sole owner of everywhere you are” Mustafa Sütlaş
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…
Public Forum at Kuzguncuk Bostan
Cafe Babel: Post-Gezi Park embraces ‘park forums’ spirit – Cansu Ekmekcioğlu
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…
Hurriyet Daily News: Residents of Kuzguncuk act to save their gardens
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Locals of Istanbul’s Kuzguncuk neighborhood campaign to prevent a historical vegetable garden from allegedly turning into a private school By Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr The residents of Istanbul’s Kuzguncuk neighborhood are campaigning against the zoning of a historical vegetable garden, which they allege will be turned into a private school. Reports that the General Directorate for [...] → Read the full article…
Yurt: Life transformed in Abbasağa
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…
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