Tag Archives: Gezi Park protesters

Jacobin: From Turkey with Love – Belen Fernandez

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The protests in Turkey are, quite simply, an assertion of humanity in the face of inhumanity. My first experience with tear gas took place last Tuesday in a rundown bar off of Istanbul’s İstiklal Street where my friend and I had come after visiting Gezi Park. The Turkish prime minister’s hallucinatory depiction of the composition of the anti-government protests had [...] → Read the full article…

Hürriyet Daily News: Molotov-throwing protesters in Taksim not our members, says socialist party

The protesters seen throwing Molotov cocktails at the police in Taksim during today’s intervention were not affiliated with the Socialist Democracy Party (SDP) despite carrying the party’s flag, an executive board member of the party has said. Aziz Küçük said an effective police siege was surrounding the party office on Taksim’s Tarlabaşı, and officials were trying to break into the [...] → Read the full article…