As of 6.40 pm, the protests seem to have ended after heavy police intervention. Trans pride yürüyüşü pic.twitter.com/ix9xAJKvVe — 8 Mart Feminist Gece Yürüyüşü (@8MartYuruyus) June 19, 2016 Attendees of the banned İstanbul #TransPride have been rushed by police, causing panic on #MisSokak street pic.twitter.com/WosTAT6AMd — D8 News (@D8News) June 19, 2016 Turkey riot police … Read more
The page has been created to support Ahmet Şahbaz, a policeman who has killed Ethem Sarısülük during Occupy Gezi. A video quiet explicitly shows how Mr. Şahbaz aimed and shot Ethem Sarısülük. Many complained about the page but that’s the answer Facebook gives. The page not only supports Ahmet Şahbaz but gives support to other … Read more
Police disperse teachers’ protest in Ankara, detain 100 More than 100 people are detained following a police crackdown on a demonstration in central Ankara organized by a teachers’ union High School students were also on streets today. In Taksim, a group of students protested new education policies… So for no police attack..
What Dick Cheney knew about the torture program Buried in the pages of the 525-page executive summary of the so-called CIAtorture report is a timeline showing when former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney was briefed about the program July 29, 2003: According to the report, Huge anti-police violence protests set for D.C. and NYC Mashable! by Colin … Read more
Nothing changes but more police brutality in one year… I will switch to Twitter for immediate reporting…
Uğur Kurt'un Vurulma Anı by yonhabersosyalmedya
via CNNTürk *************** Turkish labor minister passes the buck to energy minister over Soma disaster Labor Minister Faruk Çelik pointed the finger at Energy Minister Taner Yıldız regarding criticisms over the Soma disaster US rejects ?apparent use of unprovoked violence? in Soma videos Washington has condemned the use of ‘unprovoked violence’ against protests during a … Read more
Evet durum bu… Bekleriz… Ciddi birşey beklemeyin. Eğlenmeye gidiyoruz. Türkiye İnternet aleminin bazı isimleri de arzı endam edebilir… Gelmeyeni silebilirim. Twitter etiketi: #EFD10Yaşında Facebook event sayfası: https://www.facebook.com/events/241990562669429/
May Day Celebrations Across Turkey Bianet :: English While Istanbul was under the police attack, May Day celebrations continued at many cities in Turkey. bianet is reporting May Day scenes from Ankara, İzmir, Sivas, Kayseri, Diyarbakır, Tokat, Kars, Hakkari and Samsun. Gas Masks and Rubber Bullets: This Was Istanbul Today Mashable! by Amanda Wills ISTANBUL, Turkey ? Thousands … Read more
Turkey relegated to the league of ?not free? countries: report Turkey has been relegated from the league of ?Partly Free? countries to the league of ?Not Free? countries, Freedom House reports Tear gas at Turkish May Day protests Riot police in Turkey use tear gas and water canon to prevent demonstrators defying a ban on protests on … Read more
Today in Istanbul, Turkish police intervened environmentalist demonstrators that protested dam-building projects in Black Sea region. The photo below shows nothing changed since Gezi Park protests. The upper side is from Gezi Park and the lower side from today’s protest… Police use tear gas against hydro plant demo as minister expresses dismay at protesters … Read more
Turkish police break up protest against law curbing Internet Riot police fired plastic bullets, tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of people in Istanbul protesting a government plan to expand controls over the public’s use of the Internet on Jan. 18 I will probably be around in Taksim and will switch to my … Read more
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Hakan Yaman was walking home from work in Istanbul during the Gezi Park protests when he was caught up in a brutal attack by the police…. Here is the official campaign page: http://www.hakanyamananeoldu.org/ Amnesty International asks ?what happened to police who beat Hakan Yaman? on Human Rights Day Yaman, a minibus driver, was severely beaten by police … Read more