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Time: Live from ‘Occupied’ Gezi Park: In Istanbul, a new Turkish protest movement is born- Pelin Turgut
Last Friday, Ali Riza Gurs, manager of a local food business, saw the number of sit-in demonstrators at an Istanbul park swell, and spotted a problem: They were hungry and thirsty and would not leave Gezi Park, which is located in the heart of Istanbul and one of the city’s few remaining green spaces, because of bulldozers waiting to raze [...] → Read the full article…
10 000 Protestors in the streets of Ankara
10 000 manifestants dans les rues d’Ankara
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The collection of Police brutality in the first few days of the Gezi Park resistance
Turkish Police beat gezi protesters hiding in parking garage
LiveLeak: Police violently kicks protesters in the face while arresting them in Bodrum, Turkey
In Bodrum, a province of Muğla, Turkey, normally a peaceful town and vacation destination, the police kicked a civilian’s face while arresting him for protesting. 1 June 2013 Source: liveleak.com