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Hürriyet Daily News: Antalya municipality refuses to provide water for police vehicles

Antalya Metropolitan Municipality refused to provide water for the riot control vehicles, called TOMAs, which are being used by the police against protesters, according to Doğan news agency. The municipality, led by the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Mayor Mustafa Akaydın, refused to allow police to tap into the water tanks belonging to firefighters to use on protesters, citing future [...] → Read the full article…

THE WEEK: Dispatch from Istanbul: Occupy Gezi Park digs in – Ben Pomeroy

ISTANBUL, TURKEY — The occupation of Taksim Square and Gezi Park have hit the one-week mark, and the anti-government movement has fully taken hold in other big cities around the the country, including the capital, Ankara, and the southern city of Antakya, where heavy violence broke out last night between police and protesters. Nobody knows where the movement goes from [...] → Read the full article…

Hürriyet Hürriyet Daily News: Publishing houses to unite in Gezi Park to distribute major resistance material: Books

One of the major acts of resistance for protesters occupying Taksim Gezi Park has been to pick up a good book and read it – preferably in front of a police officer. Now, thanks to an initiative launched by publishing houses to organize book distribution, they are assured to have lots of material in the coming days. Sel Publishing House [...] → Read the full article…

Police fired gas bomb aiming at our faces

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Police violence on Gezi Park resistance has caused many Istanbullies suffer severe injuries. Burak Ünveren, a PhD holder research assistant at Faculty of Economics of Yıldız Technical University, and his student Selim Poyraz both lost one eye due to plastic bullets and gas canister fired by the police. Ünveren and Poyraz are currently under medical treatment at Şişli Etfal Hospital, [...] → Read the full article…

BBC: Turkish stock market falls 10.5% as demonstrations escalate

Turkey’s main share index closed 10.47% down following investor concerns over the escalation of anti-government protests over the weekend. The Borsa Istanbul 100 index tumbled as investors feared the demonstrations could hit the economy, and the Turkish lira fell to 16-month lows. Demonstrators nationwide clashed with police after water canons and tear gas were used to control crowds. The protests [...] → Read the full article…

Firat News: Demirtaş – We stand by the people

Speaking about the Taksim resistance which has spread to the whole country on its eight day now, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş commented the protest as a ‘legitimate rebellion’ against repression. Demirtaş said they stood by people’s legitimate resistance which -he said- was the only way to achieve democracy and freedom. He pointed out that protestors on [...] → Read the full article…

the White House: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room MR. CARNEY:  Good Monday, everyone.  Thanks for being here.  Hope you had a nice weekend, hot as it was.  Before I take your questions, let me tell you that on Thursday, June 6th, as part of his Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour, the President will travel to Mooresville Middle School in Mooresville, North [...] → Read the full article…

BBC News: Turkey clashes: Chaos and camaraderie in Istanbul

Turkey has been rocked by days of anti-government protests. Travel reporter Angelica Malin was in Istanbul as the unrest spread, enveloping her hotel, and was forced to get the first plane out. The excitement was contagious. At 14:00 we were standing on Dolmabahce Cadessi, the road leading to Taksim Square, a mere 2km (1.4 miles) away, in our best sandals [...] → Read the full article…

Reuters : Thousands take to streets in Turkey, clash with police

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Turkey’s four biggest cities on Sunday and clashed with riot police firing tear gas on the third day of the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years. The din of car horns and residents banging pots and pans from balconies in support of the protests resonated across neighbourhoods in Istanbul [...] → Read the full article…

The Washington Post: The photo that encapsulates Turkey’s protests and the severe police crackdown – Max Fisher

Turkey’s protest movement has ebbed and flowed dramatically over the past week, as has the government’s sometimes heavy-handed response, but this photo from last Tuesday, the second day of large-scale demonstration, remains an iconic and affecting symbol of the ongoing movement. The photo was snapped by Reuters photographer Osman Orsal in Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park, where the movement began with [...] → Read the full article…

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