Ruling AKP deputy report criticizes government handling of Gezi crisis Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was misinformed during the Gezi Park protests and the redevelopment project was not handled in a democratic way, İdris Bal says Protest politics and the ethical imagination Protest, like marriage, implies the possible start of something new. It means … Read more
Can Dündar dismissed from daily Milliyet for critical Gezi stance Renowned columnist Can Dündar has been dismissed from Milliyet, adding a new casualty to the list of journalists who left their media outlets in the aftermath of the Gezi unrest Minorities in Turkey tagged by ?race codes,? official document reveals An official document has revealed … Read more
Abdul Hamid II Turkish minister refutes student loan cuts claim for Gezi participants Youth and Sports Minister Suat Kılıç has refuted allegations that university students who participated in the Gezi Park protests will not be eligible for loans ?Informant boxes? to be installed in Turkey The police will install informant stations in neighborhoods, ostensibly to … Read more
Turkish soldier may face 25 years in jail for leaking ‘Reyhanlı bombing files’ A military prosecutor has demanded 25 years imprisonment for the gendarme accused of leaking secret documents on the Reyhanlı bombings-linked terrorist activities ********* This year?s Internet Villain is: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Our prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was named Internet Villain … Read more
Turkish court gives green light to destruction of Gezi Park An Istanbul administrative court has unanimously overturned a lower court?s decision to halt the Turkish government?s plan… update: A news piece in Turkish claims that for the moment the park cannot be destroyed…. A public for democracy: overcoming mediated segregation in Turkey In this context, … Read more
via @140Journos Today two persons who met during the Occupy Gezi, got married. As far as I understand, police did not let people enter the Park again but as of 10:30 married couple can be seen at the Park… Police close Istanbul’s Gezi Park ahead of protester couple?s wedding, disperse crowd with water cannon Police have … Read more
Support to AKP drops after Gezi rallies, say poll The ruling Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) votes have decreased 6 percent since 2012 while the opposition parties increased their votes, according to a recent survey conducted after the Gezi Park protests. End of ?la dolce vita? period with foreign capital for Turkey soon Turkey attracted … Read more
HEPİMİZ TURGUT UYAR’IN DİZELERİYİZ! Gezi Direnişi’nin 2. ayına yaklaştığımız şu günlerde geriye dönüp bir bakınca direniş içinde mizahın olduğu gibi edebiyatın da eksik olmadığını görüyoruz. Ki aslında yazılamaların edebiyatın birer parçası olduğunu söylemek dahi mümkün. Öte yandan, kişisel olarak benim ilgimi çeken en önemli şey Turgut Uyar şiirlerinin direnişteki yeriydi. Gezi’de, Kuğulu’da ve pek çok … Read more
European court says Turkey must revise tear gas laws Turkey should readjust its legal framework regarding the use of tear gas grenades, according to a ECHR decision Post-Gezi witch hunt deepens EU?s concerns over Turkish democracy News reports over the last few days make crystal clear that the government has no tendency to stop Female … Read more
Gezi operation in full force as forces raid over 100 locations Police forces launched raids at over 100 locations in Istanbul in accordance with the ongoing operations on Gezi supporters, including student dormitories, detaining at least 30 people. Gezi From The Field Having spent some time in the past few days talking with working-class people in … Read more
Osman Erden, Art historian, AICA Turkey President, Associate Professor detained as he was trying to save a female activist from harassment. Not the harassers but the citizen who tries to help is detained after beaten by police… Meanwhile in Antakya: via @sinan_fdn Armutlu, 13 July 2013 night… There have been ongoing protests and police violence … Read more
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
Thugs attack Kocamustafapaşa Forum in Istanbul: Police strike people protesting death of 19-year-old Gezi protester in southern Turkey Turkish police intervened against nearly 3,000 people protesting the murder of a 19-year-old Gezi Park protester who died of his wounds July 10 Assailant with machete attacking Gezi protesters in Istanbul flees to Morocco A man … Read more
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
“Anti-capitalist Muslims” who has been supporting the Occupy Gezi from the outset initiated this lovely iftar right on the İstiklal Street… Gezi Resistance provides the best of Turkey’s citizens continously… I am proud to be a supporter…. Gezi forums showcasing struggles of the oppressed in Turkey Turkey?s nationwide Gezi protests have evolved from frequent, … Read more