Tag Archives: anti-government protests

CNN International: Counter-terror police arrest dozens in Istanbul raids, Ivan Watson and Gul Tuysuz

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Istanbul (CNN) — Turkish counter-terror police launched pre-dawn raids against scores of targets across Turkey’s largest city Tuesday. At least 30 suspects were detained, Turkey’s semi-official Anatolian Agency reported, in connection with anti-government protests that erupted in Istanbul in late May. What’s driving unrest and protests in Turkey? The Turkish Interior Ministry, the Istanbul governor’s office and Istanbul police declined [...] → Read the full article…

Hurriyet Daily News: Police to replace private security in public universities: Turkish PM

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Police will replace private security firms in universities, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced as a response to the Gezi Park protests, which have particularly been led by young university students. “We will place in state universities the state-owned security forces instead of private security. Seeing that there were very different things has pushed us to further responsibility,” Erdoğan [...] → Read the full article…

New York Times: Turkish police break up protest with tear gas

ISTANBUL — Turkish police officers fired volleys of tear gas at protesters who tried to enter a cordoned-off park near Istanbul’s landmark Taksim Square on Saturday, hours after the city’s governor warned that the demonstration was illegal and that participants would be dispersed. A few thousand people converged on the square, with the aim of entering Gezi Park, whose redevelopment [...] → Read the full article…

Amnesty International: Turkey: End abuse and reveal extent of injuries

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Turkish citizens continue to be beaten, unjustly detained, and abused by police forces amid massive protests. This violence has got to stop, but only massive international outrage from supporters like you can move the needle now. Please send an urgent message to authorities demanding an end to the use of excessive force against peaceful protestors. Authorities must restore the right [...] → Read the full article…

Committee to Protect Journalists: In crackdown on dissent, Turkey detains press, raids outlet

Riot police fire tear gas towards protesters during clashes in Kennedy Street in central Ankara

Istanbul, June 20, 2013–Two journalists were detained and one newsroom raided this week as Turkish authorities continued a broad crackdown on dissent, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the government to halt its obstruction of journalists seeking to cover the protests that have swept the nation. “Turkish authorities are at a crossroads. They can follow [...] → Read the full article…

United Nations Human Rights: Pillay urges Turkey’s government and civil society to take urgent action to defuse tensions

GENEVA (18 June 2013) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday welcomed last week’s decision by the Turkish Government to put on hold further action on the Gezi Park development in Istanbul until there is a court decision, and then to submit the issue to a local referendum. She urged Turkey’s government and civil society to [...] → Read the full article…

itv: Anti-government protests continue in Ankara

Thousands of protesters gathered on the streets of the Turkish capital of Ankara yesterday in the fiercest anti-government protests in years. Clashes between security forces and demonstrators continued into this morning, as police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds. 16 June 2013 Source: http://www.itv.com

Academics for Gezi: Our Call

As academics concerned with the recent developments in Turkey, we stand in solidarity with the people peacefully protesting to protect Gezi Park in Taksim, and we condemn the excessive police brutality that was inflicted on them. What started on Monday, May 27, as a movement to peacefully protest the demolition of a public park and its replacement with a shopping [...] → Read the full article…

Yahoo News: Turkish prime minister convenes party leadership – Elena Becatoros

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s prime minister convened his party leadership on Saturday to discuss anti-government protests that have entered their ninth day, as an opposition party leader urged the government to call early elections and renew its mandate. With thousands of people still occupying Istanbul’s central Taksim Square, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met with top officials from his Justice and Development [...] → Read the full article…

The helmet number of the policeman who shot the protestor is a-209

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We were watching the area on camera while a small group of police were using rubber bullets. Shortly afterwards, they started to use tear gas. We joined the crowd who had been facing the police’s rubber bullets and it was then we learnt that a rubber bullet had hit the eye of  one the protestors. The wounded protestor was taken [...] → Read the full article…

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