Category Archives: Protests

Bianet: Police Attacks Protestors in Kadıköy, Dikmen, Armutlu, Izmir

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Last night, several demonstrations across Turkey were held to to commemorate Ahmet Atakan – a METU Resistance protestor who died on Monday night. Police response came in the form of tear gas and water cannons. Last night, several demonstrations across Turkey were held to to commemorate Ahmet Atakan – a METU Resistance protestor who died on Monday night. Police response [...] → Read the full article…

Al Jazeera: Demonstrator’s death stirs protests in Turkey

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Dissident groups stage demonstrations after death of 22-year-old man during clashes with police in country’s southeast. Anti-government protesters have gathered in Turkey after a demonstrator died during a protest in the southeastern province of Hatay. Hundreds of demonstrators marched to Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday after Taksim Solidarity Platform, an umbrella group of Turkish dissidents, called for a gathering to mark the death [...] → Read the full article…

Firat News: Protesters in Tuzluçayır terrorized by police

Clashes between demonstrators and police are continuing since yesterday in the neighborhood of Tuzluçayır in Ankara’s Mamak district. People are protesting against a government project, a mosque-djemevi combination, which locals see as an assimilation project against Alawi minorities, a joint organization by Fethullah Gülen and Cem Association. Thousands of people gathered in the neighborhood to protest the construction after its [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: Police Attacks “Justice” Demonstration

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Police broke up protestors in Istanbul’s Okmeydani district who gathered to demand justice for B.E. (14), a Gezi Resistance demonstrator in coma for 86 days. While 10 demonstrators and 1 policeman were injured, 5 were detained including 3 children. Among injured protestors included Mete Diş, a cancer patient. Police broke up protestors in Istanbul’s Okmeydani district who started a “justice [...] → Read the full article…

The New York Times: With a Burst of Color, Turkey’s Public Walkways Become a Focus of Quiet Protest

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In Istanbul, known as the city of seven hills, dozens of public stairways crisscross centuries-old neighborhoods, giving pedestrians a way to avoid heavy car traffic on the streets. Those walkways generally attract little notice, but that changed last week, when a retired forestry engineer decided to paint the Findikli stairs in the central district of Beyoglu in all the colors of [...] → Read the full article…

Al-Monitor: Turkey’s Stairway to A Democratic Heaven

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The crumbling, concrete street stairs in an Istanbul alley have become the latest battleground for the colorful pluralism of society and the “gray” authoritarianism of politicians in Turkey. It was Aug. 26. After a four-day effort and using almost 40 kilograms of paint, Huseyin Cetinel proudly gazed upon his colorful accomplishment. With the help of his son-in-law, Cetinel had managed [...] → Read the full article…

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