A Digital Collection of Gezi Park Articles
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Turkish PM’s treason claims against BBC reporter chills other journalists
Turkish journalists see Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s attack on presenter for BBC’s Turkish service as a warning to them all
Selin Gerit, a London-based presenter for BBC’s Turkish service, was until last week relatively unknown in her home country. However, that changed when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told parliament she was guilty of treason over her coverage of the anti-government protests sweeping the nation.
The Turkish Uprising: First-Hand Experiences from an American Photographer | Jenna Pope – http://jennapope.com/2013…
French student detained during Gezi protests appeals deportation decision
No alcohol consumed in Istanbul mosque during Gezi protests, muezzin insists
Özlem Gezer has written an insightful and heartfelt essay in Der Spiegel about how Turkey?s Gezi fault line runs right through the middle of her family. Turkey is changing rapidly. The ?new? Turkey of Erdogan?s AKP is being challenged by a new ?new? Turkey, the Gezi generation, crossing class and generational lines, leaping distinctions of pious/secular, and exposing fissures within families and communities.
Gezi Park one month on: what lies ahead?
The Turkish flag ? I realized that suddenly no one knows what it means anymore. As I was driving in from the airport a few days ago, I watched out the van window for signs of change, anything different. I saw some homes with Turkish flags hanging from the windows. Wait a moment, I said to myself, I thought this was a conservative neighborhood. Until now, homes flying the flag outside of holidays tended to be Kemalist, nationalist. For Kemalists, the flag was a powerful statement that often went along with a picture of Ataturk displayed in the window facing out. So what did THESE flags mean? I realized that it was no longer possible to tell.
A photographer’s view of the Turkish protests
Liberalism, the Left and Lack of Politics
