People were eating out in this street:
via @castrobey
Zambak Sokak, Istiklal Street:
via @149Journos
Taksim Square after the police attack:
İstiklal Street:
via @BaranBinboga
In Asmalımescit:
via @serkanaltunigne
İstiklal Street:
via @140Journos
Via @MrChapullingg
Earlier in the Taksim Square:
via @cihankardesler
Earlier this evening:
via y_ozgurpolitika
via @Can_Memis
Turkey?s middle class taking a stand for secularism
Anchorage Daily News
ISTANBUL ? Three weeks of protest have taken a political toll on Turkey’s prime minister that could upend key parts of his political agenda, including his ambition to rework the constitution and emerge as Turkey’s most powerful leader in its
With the summer vacation season getting underway in Turkey, experts are wondering what the impact of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?s crackdown on Gezi Park protesters will be on the country?s tourism sector.
Five things to understand about Turkey’s protests
Je l?avais bien dit que c?était en Amérique latine (ou en Chine) qu?on trouverait sans doute les mouvements les plus proches de celui de Gezi Park en Turquie. Ce qui est étonnant, c?est plutôt que personne ne semblait le remarquer. Quelques jours plus tard, les Brésiliens paraissent en tout cas me donner raison ! C?est vrai que le Brésil n?est pas la Turquie et que ce n?est pas contre un gouvernement de plus en plus autoritaire et de plus en plus moraliste ? donc pas du tout corrompu – que des jeunes Brésiliens manifestent dans les rues, souvent pour la première fois eux aussi.
Turkey rivals hold mass rallies
Censorship and Police Brutality Mark Three Weeks of Turkish Protests
This post originally appeared on the author’s own blog, Azadolu.
It’s been three weeks since massive protests started across Turkey. Since their start on May 31, the country has witnessed media censorship, police brutality, protests by the thousands and the deaths and injury of protestors. Here is the summary of past three weeks:
Turkish cops shoot a protester’s drone out of the sky
Above, footage of a protester’s quadcopter in Gezi Park getting shot down by the Turkish Police. Below, the footage of police violence the drone had been capturing (complete with music that sounds like it came out of an orc-fighting scene in the Hobbit). Ahead of us: a long, weird future history of protest.
Unrest in Turkey shows cracks in AKP’s vision | Yavuz Baydar
The economy is still growing, but concerns about religious interventions, political repression ? and above all the Kurdish peace process ? cloud Turkey’s horizons
Despite the astonishing, far-reaching changes that Turkey has undergone in recent years, clouds of anxiety are gathering over the country.
Sans aller jusqu’à imaginer l’ampleur que prendrait la contestation devenue mouvement de contestation contre l’autoritarisme du gouvernement AKP, j’avais quand même prédit dans mon précédent billet, que les flots de gaz lacrymoges n’allaient pas intimider les amoureux des derniers arbres du quartier de Taksim. Au contraire.
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