Category Archives: Protests

Resistance in Eskisehir!

“Eskişehir, 5:40 A.M…  I’ve never ever seen or experienced such a thing before. TOMAs, Riot Control Vehicles, agitated people… They even sprayed pressurized water to the third floors of apartment buildings. They fired pepper gas bombs at people. Then two TOMAs stopped and  police came out in groups of four or five. They rushed into the streets along Aytaç Avenue [...] → Read the full article…

SoL: Demonstration from Syrians in Solidarity with Gezi Resistance

Syrians have come together in front of the Turkish Consulate in Damascus to support the resistance continuing for 20 days. In order to show their solidarity with the people of Turkey, Syrians have come together in front of the Turkish consulate in Ebu Remmane district of Damascus at 1.00pm although the place was not suitable in terms of safety issues to [...] → Read the full article…

Taldans / I Need to Move Urgently

I NEED TO MOVE URGENTLY / TALDANS Mustafa Kaplan, Filiz Sizanli and Vania Rovisco invite everyone to Taksim Gezi Park for a different experience of body. Date: Saturday, June 8th Time: 11:00 / 15:00 / 17:00 Meeting point: in front of Kitchen (Unicef) (shown as no 3 on the map) The performance is inspired from “Vous êtes ici” created by Nicolas [...] → Read the full article…

soL: ‘Standing men’ grow in number

A man has been standing in Taksim Square for hours. He is “the standing man”… Update 17:30 Taksim Square as of now Similarly, “the standing man” in front of the Sabah-ATV building, a prominent pro-government newspaper and TV, has been continuing his protest for hours. Update 15:00 “Standing men” in Çağlayan Court House and in front of NTV The” standing [...] → Read the full article…