activism

Serhatcan Yurdam (@syurdam): Diyarbakır’da “Trans X Türkiye” atölyeleri

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Diyarbakır‘da “Trans X Türkiye” atölyeleri Trans bireylerin yeni medyada ortamlarında kendilerini daha rahat ifade edebilmeleri için Diyarbakır’da çeşitli atölyeler düzenlenecek. “Trans X Türkiye” isimli internet portalı, Diyarbakır’da düzenleyeceği üç farklı atölyeyle trans bireylerin yeni medya ortamlarını daha rahat kullanabilmesini amaçlıyor. Atölyeler internet, sosyal medya ve video alanında yapılacak. “Trans X Türkiye”nedir? Çeşitli LGBT örgütlerinin ortaklaşa … Read more

A literati roundup: Noam Chomsky to Postmoderns: Over-Inflated ?Polysyllabic Truisms?…

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Noam Chomsky Calls Postmodern Critiques of Science Over-Inflated ?Polysyllabic Truisms? To the delight and satisfaction of hundreds of our readers, we recently featured an interview in which Noam Chomsky slams postmodernist intellectuals like Slavoj Zizek and Jacques Lacan as ?charlatans? and posers. The turn against postmodernism has been long in coming, a backlash the political … Read more

Building barricades in Armutlu, Antakya, Turkey…

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On the night of 13 July 2013… a washing machine and… … an armchair added to protesters’ building of barricades… A few days ago Armutlu protesters destroyed 3 police water cannons, one of which was crushed by a heavy water tank thrown onto from a building’s roof… And a car added tonight…14 July 2013

For activists in Turkey, Facebook is on the dark side for sure by arbitrarily banning Ötekilerin Postası (@RadikalAktivist)

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Ötekilerin Postası [Others’ Post] platform emerged as a Facebook Page to disseminate news related to Hunger Strikes in Turkey to protest mainstream media. The latter systematically ignored hunger strikes. Eventually, Ötekilerin Postası became a platform of rights journalism which invited citizen journalists to contribute. It had more than a hundred thousand fans before it was … Read more

#DirenGazeteci Journalists to protest attacks on media at 19:00 in Taksim… EFD Rights Watch…

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In the mean time:  Istanbul Governor says he didn’t see any video of attack on woman by Gezi protesters Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu has said that he has not seen video footage of an alleged June 1 attack on a headscarf-wearing woman by Gezi Park protesters Turkish national team sponsor denies responsibility for pro-Gezi … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: EFF says Online and Off, Information Control Persists in Turkey….

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Detained Gezi Occupiers greet… From Çağlayan Court. via @selinasker Online and Off, Information Control Persists in Turkey By Greg Epstein, EFF and Global Voices Advocacy Intern Demonstrators in Turkey have occupied Istanbul?s Taksim Square since last May, in a movement that began as an effort to protect a city park, but has evolved into a … Read more

Erkan’dan Gezi Direnişi üzerine düşünceler (1)

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Şimdiden birçok analiz yapıldı, köşe yazısı yazıldı, akademik analiz yapılacak. Yeni birşey söyleyeceğimi iddia etmiyorum, ayrıca üşenip yazmaya devam da etmeyebilirim. Daha çok kendi fikirlerimi organize edebilmek için bir blog dizisine başlayayım dedim. Bence Gezi Direnişinin en büyük sonucu Türkiye’de sivil toplumun güçlenmesine olan katkısıdır. Vatandaşlar şimdiden nasıl bir devam yolu olacak, bir parti olacak … Read more

Occupy Gezi illustrations….

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Here is a list of illustrations.

Occupiers explain why they damaged the billboard… #OccupyTurkey [English subtitles]

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Direnen Ankara öğrencilerinin provokatörler ve marjinal gruplar eşliğinde hazırladığı Dış Mihrak destekli video çalışmasıdır. “Bu panoyu ben kırdım!”   A few more videos from 18 June 2013 Police violence in Ankara: 37.00 dan itibaren toma nın gelişi ve insanların etrafının sarılışı http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34506381 1 dakikalık devamı http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34507965 Kuğulu’ya ulaşan kameramanın olayı özeti http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34508181 Geride kalıp dayak … Read more

The standing man. Yet another form of civic action related to #OccupyGezi

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17 June 2013. This young man is standing in front of Atatürk Cultural Center in Taksim Square since 20:30. It is now 23:40…

The 20th Day in #OccupyTurkey. After police invernetion at Gezi Park, many citizens are back in Street. More pressure, arrests, and threats continue…

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Turkish police hitting an headscarved protester. 16 June 2013. Istanbul Police Terror! German TV ZDF 15.06.2013 English subtitles: Arrested protesters… Turkey: Erdoğan Evicts Protesters, Brings Reinforcements to Istanbul After a night of wide-ranging violence in Istanbul, a role reversal occurred: Turkish security forces occupied Taksim Square and anti-government protesters were left on the outside looking in. … Read more

A video: Erasmus students in Istanbul give support to #OccupyGezi #OccupyTurkey

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You’re not alone Turkey – Erasmus Istanbul 2013 A video produced by Erasmus students in Istanbul with the aim of expressing their support towards the Turkish people claiming their rights in cities all over Turkey.

#OccupyTurkey the 10th day. Erdoğan is going to be back from his North Africa trip.. A massive roundup:

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Revolutionary Muslims give support to Occupy Gezi   ?Blame us if needed,? says RedHack on Twitter detentions over protests The Turkish hacker network gave tips to protesters to avoid being charged over tweets. Turkish protesters have invented a new verb: ‘chapul Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Ergodan hasn’t exactly been conciliatory toward protesters over the … Read more

Resistance humor goes unabated: Video: “Everyday I’m Çapuling! #OccupyTurkey

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Chapuling – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapuling? Chapuling. Chapuling 2013 Taksim Gezi Park protests after Prime Minister Erdogan’s speech in the process derived from the new format….

Chapulation song, a song about the protests in Turkey #OccupyTurkey

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