Berhan Soner, working for Olay Newspaper, which has been published in Bursa for 17 years now, and undertaking the editorial work for the online version of the newspaper, has been just another journalist who was condemned during the Gezi Park events. Soner drew government’s attention by what he wrote on Twitter, which is described as a “menace” by the PM [...] → Read the full article…
We interviewed Onur Dursun, aka Ozbi, who received attention with the song called “Asi” (Rebel) and its video that he made for the Gezi Resistance. “The fear wall has been broken. It depends on little sparks after this point. I am not a politician but organizing is much needed.” Onur Dursun, aka Ozbi, who received attention with the video he [...] → Read the full article…
During the Gezi process, the painter Noyan Yayla has always been critical about the government and reacted to the brutal police interventions through his art, and he has been fired by the Güray Seramik House, where he was working. His ceramic work with the graffiti tag, “Shut up, Tayyip!”written on it was broken into pieces. The incident has aroused the [...] → Read the full article…
A young woman, who rode a bike, photographed the events helped people the during Gezi protests in Ankara on 2 June, has been beaten up by the police while eating at a cafe. She was harshly abused by the police for half an hour because she had a cycle helmet that was taken as evidence of ‘being a demonstrator’. She [...] → Read the full article…
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İstanbul – BIA News Desk Pianist Fazıl Say, signer of a letter in The Times by 30 intellectuals regarding Gezi Resistance, made a statement backing his decision to sign the letter – a declaration that AKP Vice Chairperson Hüseyin Çelik claimed to be “arrogant”. “This letter was meant to give a message. I was approached to sign the letter. I [...] → Read the full article…
You see the question in this title… It wipes you out. It shatters you, it ruins you. How can any heart endure this pain? It’s your kid, it’s your life… What could be beyond that? There, Berkin, has been sleeping for 39 days, just like that… He has had two brain surgeries. He is still unconscious. It’s not clear whether [...] → Read the full article…
A verdict has been reached on the trial of Yusufcan Yildirim who has been accused of having ties with four independent illegal organizations. We discussed his 2-year-1-month long sentence and his days under custody following the Gezi protest. A verdict has been reached on the trial of Yusufcan Yildirim, an undergraduate majoring in political science at Ankara University. He will [...] → Read the full article…
Kubilay Yiğit is a Master’s student in the Faculty of Fine Arts Musicology Department of Dokuz Eylül University. He was taken into custody in a dawn raid on 20th June as a consequence of the Gezi Park events. He was arrested on the 23rd of June and transferred to Kırıklar F Type prison. He wrote a letter to his comrades [...] → Read the full article…
Although the Ministry of Justice has denied the accusation of the torture of eight people who were arrested during the Gezi Park protests, a refutation has come from 19 year old Özgür Yildirim who was, himself, tortured . Speaking, for the first time, to Firat News Agency (AFN)about what he had been through, Yildirim said, “My toes and my nose [...] → Read the full article…
Haydar Tunç, who is the father of Hasan Tunç who is 20 years old and one of the arrestees of Gezi resistance, believes his son was arrested to take revenge due to the Taksim Gezi Park actions. Tunç stated: “This process is not an organizational operation process. My child is a member of a legally acknowledged party. Being a member [...] → Read the full article…