Lobna Allami, hit in the head by a gas bomb capsule on the 31st of May during the police attack on Taksim Gezi Parki, has been struggling to stay alive over the past 12 days. Ismail Saymaz, a reporter from the newspaper Radikal, spoke to Fatin, Allamii’s sister. Fatin began working in the music industry after completing her university education [...] → Read the full article…
If you ever saw TaksimGeziPark, you would never lose your hope for humanity, not to speak of this country. Wonder why? – Voluntary paramedics had built an infirmary. In this infirmary that wouldn’t differ much from Sahra hospital, voluntary doctors and nurses were working while people were granting the extra medicine they had brought. – On the tables under “Supplies” [...] → Read the full article…
Just came back from Taksim, where I spent most of the day. After seeing the realities on the ground, I’m in no doubt, that it didn’t matter to the police, their leaders, the government and Recep Tayyip Erdogan if we were to die or not. We did not stick with any stone throwers nor any political party groups, who were [...] → Read the full article…
Noam Chomsky’s call to the World about the Taksim Gezi Park Resistance Chomsky Salutes the Gezi Park Resistance Noam Chomsky’s call to the World about the Taksim Gezi Park Resistance What is taking place on the streets of Istanbul and other Turkish cities today is first of all, an inspiring illustration of what the general population can do to combat [...] → Read the full article…
Protests in Turkey are likely to continue to escalate unless authorities engage in meaningful discussions with activists, Amnesty International said after riot police this morning once again used tear gas and water cannon against peaceful protesters in Istanbul’s Taksim Square and Gezi Park. The further police action against demonstrators contradicted statements by the Governor of Istanbul this morning that they [...] → Read the full article…
While the question of whether Turkey represents the ‘model of successful melding democracy and Islam’, or an identity of a radically secular regime, may be significant part of public discourse, the emphasis needs to shift on how society and individual relations are regulated. Following several days of police raids on the protesters participating in a sit-in in Istanbul’s Gezi Park [...] → Read the full article…
We are calling upon the government: immediately stop police violence and the aggressive, threatening and condescending attitude against the people. The peaceful sit-in began to counter planned construction at the Taksim Gezi park, which would replace one of downtown Istanbul’s few green spaces with a shopping mall, has evolved into nationwide demonstrations and people’s resistance as a result of the [...] → Read the full article…
STOP COMMITING TORTURE CRIME! STOP USİNG TEAR GAS CHEMICALS! IMMEDIATELY RELEASE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDER CUSTODY! We condemn the police forces severe intervention against the ongoing protests held in Taksim Square and Gezi Park , violent attacks to the fundamental rights and freedom, detainment of lawyers and protestors in a targeted political party. We call political power to end up [...] → Read the full article…
“… a five-step guide to how Turks stopped worrying and learned to love tear gas. 1. Turn insults into points of pride. [...] 2. If you get slapped, turn the other cheek [...] 3. Respond to violence with humor [...] 4. Keep calm and “capul” on [...] 5. Circumvent media censorship through creativity [...]” Commentary by Ozan Varol, Assistant Professor [...] → Read the full article…
Die Hintergründe für die aktuelle Protestbewegung in der Türkei sind vielfältig. Eine Ursache liegt in einer neoliberalen Wirtschaftspolitik, die vordergründig erfolgreich ist, aber auch ihre Schattenseiten hat. Über die neue städtische Armut in der Türkei befragte der Sozialwissenschaftler Franz Seifert seine Kollegen Joost Jongerden und Murat Öztürk. 11 June 2013 Franz Seifert science.orf.at for the full article click here