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Jadaliyya: Labor and Justice Coalition declaration on Taksim Gezi Park protests

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[This statement was released by Emek ve Adalet Platformu (the Labor and Justice Coalition) on 14 June. For the Turkish version of this statement, click here; for the Arabic version, click here.] The intention behind transforming Taksim Gezi Park, replacing it with malls and hotels, springs out of a particular way of thinking that regards city space as property for [...] → Read the full article…

Jadaliyya: Artists in Resistance: In solidarity with the resistance at Gezi Park

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[The following statement was released by the undersigned group of artists on 3 June 2013 at Gezi Park. Click here for more information. Support messages can be sent to artistsinresistanceturkey@gmail.com.] We, the artists of Turkey, express our serious concern over the ongoing incidents which have erupted in Istanbul with the Gezi Park resistance, and which have instigated spontaneous protests all [...] → Read the full article…

The Psychiatric Association of Turkey press statement

The protests having begun 6 days ago as a reaction to exterminating the trees at Taksim Gezi Parki and having expanded across the country are all an answer to the manipulation of the government to their lives; to the trials of the government to regulate the social life according to their own political believes; to the extermination of the whole [...] → Read the full article…