Witnessing Gezi – award-winning documentary
Agence Le Journal photojournalist Emin Özmen’s documentary Witnessing Gezi – Gezi Tanıklığı is awarded First Prize in World Press Photo’s Multimedia 2014 Contest. Source: worldpressphoto.org
Tag Archives: Gezi Resistance
Bianet: Media’s Hate Speech Turned to Gezi, Report Says
Hrant Dink Foundation released its report on “Hate Speech in Media and Discriminative Discourse”, stating that Gezi protestors were targeted in the media. Hrant Dink Foundation released its May-August 2013 period report on “Hate Speech in Media and Discriminative Discourse”, stating that Gezi protestors were targeted in the media. While the first section of the report included “hate speech in [...] → Read the full article…
Bianet: Police Releases Gezi Resistance Report
Police authorities released a report regarding the demographics of over 5,000 individuals who have been detained during Gezi Resistance protests across Turkey. Police authorities released an analysis on Gezi Resistance. The report described in detail Gezi detainees’ basic demographics including monthly income, educational status and religious affiliation. According to Milliyet newspaper, the information leading to the drafting of report has [...] → Read the full article…
Tear Gas and Graffiti – A Documentary by Sabine Küper-Büsch and Thomas Büsch
A Documentary by Sabine Küper-Büsch and Thomas Büsch describing the culture of chapuling during the Gezi Park Protests in Turkey in Summer 2013. 30 min. German with english Subtitles. Featuring Nar Photos Collective, painter Mehmet Güleryüz, performance artist Erdem Gündüz, dancer Ziya Azazi, curator Fulya Erdemci and music group Kardeş Türküler. ©ZDF/3Sat – 2013
Firat News: Let Us Meet at the Barricades for Peace – Ertuğrul Kürkçü
The co-President of the HDP Ertuğrul Kürkçü, speaking at a meeting of HDP MPs, told those assembled that what suits the Gezi youth is to be demonstrators for peace, not soldiers, and that “we will not die nor we will kill nor will be soldiers for anyone” – according to an article in today’s Özgür Gündem. He went on to [...] → Read the full article…
AFP: Ankara students revive dormant Turkish protest movement
Four months after protests against the planned redevelopment of an Istanbul park devolved into a violent national uproar against the government, Turkish students are taking to the streets once again to fight an all-too-familiar scheme. Turkish riot police fired on students with tear gas and water cannon as workers broke ground last week on a road that will intersect the [...] → Read the full article…
The Guardian: Erdoğan’s split personality, the reformer v the tyrant – Ian Traynor
The Turkish prime minister revealed the iron fist in his velvet glove this summer, but of which is his true character built? All summer long, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been in a very bad mood. The public squares and parks of Istanbul and several other Turkish cities were taken over by protesters he angrily dismissed as “riff-raff”, turning the full [...] → Read the full article…
Bianet: Violence Victim Academician Faces Trial
Osman Erden, an assistant professor who was detained and subjected to police violence in downtown Istanbul during Gezi Resistance, was ordered to stand trial for “resisting police officers and attending an illegal demonstration”. Erden is facing prison sentence up to 3 years. By Ayca Soylemez – Istanbul Osman Erden, an assistant professor of art history at Mimar Sinan Fines Arts [...] → Read the full article…
Bianet: Did Policemen Face Investigation?
AKP deputy Galip Ensarioğlu said 164 policemen faced investigation regarding their conduct during Gezi Resistance protests. However, police authorities announced the toll to be 31. “These numbers are products of imagination,” said Interior Minister Güler. İstanbul – BIA News Desk Police authorities released a statement, saying that 31 active-duty policemen faced investigation due to their conduct during Gezi Resistance protests [...] → Read the full article…
Firat News: KCK – We will be supporting the struggle of democracy powers in Turkey
In a statement condemning the killing of 22 year old Ahmet Atakan by police in Hatay on Monday, Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council Presidency said that they would be supporting the struggle of democracy powers in Turkey. KCK strongly condemned the murder of Ahmet Atakan as a result of police violence and called on the Kurdish people to do [...] → Read the full article…