20:00 Police forces intervene peaceful demonstrations in Taksim- again. #OccupyTurkey #OccupyGezi

  via @sahinyalcin Probably undercovers with sticks… via: captaintheouz  Eli sopalı insanlara polisler müdahale etmiyor ve telefonla destek çağırıyorlar #DirenGezi #GEZIBUGUNHALKIN pic.twitter.com/fSaGxRTP75 via @sincapcop

Arzu Geybullayeva (@arzugeybulla): #occupygezi through the lens of a foreigner

[All photos are by Arzu Geybullayeva] #occupygezi through the lens of a foreigner   I moved to Istanbul in 2007. The largest form of protest I witnessed back then was the march organized to protest the death of an editor and chief of weekly Armenian paper- AGOS. Never did it cross my mind that only few years later I am going to be … Read more

Erkan?dan Gezi Direnişi üzerine düşünceler (3): Komplo teoriciliği

Türkiye’de her siyaset bir miktar komplo teorisine dayanır. Bu dayanma oranı tarihsel bağlama göre değişse de hemen hemen hiçbir siyaset komplo teorisinden kurtulamaz. Bu bakımdan AKP’nin komploculuğu şaşırtıcı değildir ama bir sosyal fenomeni açıklama için bu kadar yüksek oranda komplo teorisine dayanma kısmı üzerine kafa yormak gerek. Aklıma ilk gelen açıklama biraz sosyolojik. AKP’nin dayandığı … Read more

“Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests in #gezipark

Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests in #gezipark June 24, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Europe, Interviews, Pirate Party News The recent protests in Turkey started  on 28 May 2013. The protests were sparked by the brutal eviction of a sit-in at Istanbul?s Taksim Gezi Park protesting at plans for the park?s demolition and replacement with a shopping mall.  The Pirate Party of … Read more

#OccupyTurkey 22:00 all Taksim, Cihangir, İstiklal St., Tarlabaşı, Asmalımescit under pepper gas and water cannon attack…

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 Cihangir: Via @MrChapullingg   Earlier in the Taksim Square: via @cihankardesler Earlier this evening: via y_ozgurpolitika via @Can_Memis Turkey?s middle class taking … Read more

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

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

A video: How Turkish authorities continously changed their claims throughout #OccupyGezi

English translations added in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PSAu-e_pnI    

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

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 21st Day in #OccupyTurkey. Protests more or less calming down while the gov’t threatens to bring troops…

Abbasağa Park, Beşiktaş, 17 June 2013. Citizens’ Forum. Police is ?Working on? Twitter, Interior Minister Says Reminding that 3 policemen were suspended within an investigation and announcing today?s general strikes as ?illegal?, Interior Minister Muammer Güler said they are working on social media. Turkish trade unions call for strike Workers urged to leave jobs on Monday afternoon … Read more

An ominous day in #OccupyTurkey More than 400 arrests, Appearance of Thugs in Istanbul….

I am glad that most of Occupiers decided to go back home in order to prevent provocations with these appearing thugs…. via @mkozturk Thugs With Clubs These were men who skipped AKPs peaceful celebration of its power. They were running through Asmalimescit with clubs in hand, shouting ?God is Greatest?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BSIwRoQbyw Here’s pro-AKP thugs: Here is … Read more

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

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

The 19th Day in #OccupyTurkey After government retreats, Gezi Occupiers decides to reduce the scope of Occupation. HOWEVER,

However, AKP is organizing two major rallies in Ankara and İstanbul this weekend. In this evening’s Ankara rally, PM Erdoğan repeated the same lies about the Occupiers,already debunked accusations and relied heavily to play with AKP voters’ religious sensitivities. I do not exaggarate, in my life, I have never seen such crude and intense exploitation … Read more

A collection of Occupy Gezi informative links…. #OccupyGezi

This is a repost. Here is the original source. #occupygezi hakkında her gün bir sürü site, bir sürü çalışma çıkıyor. Bunları daha yakından takip edebilmemiz için bu kaynakları toplamaya çalıştık. Siz eksikleri ilettikçe listeyi güncelleyeceğiz.     Bilgi http://www.direngeziparki.com http://www.occupygezi.org/? http://www.taksimpost.org/ http://sivildirenis.org/ http://occupygezi.co/ http://www.whatishappeninginistanbul.com/ http://www.taksimdayanisma.org/  http://occupygezicoverage.blogspot.com/  http://geziparki.weople.com/  http://taksimdeneleroluyor.com/ http://subjektif.org/2013/06/gezi-parki-protestolari-zaman-cizelgesi-ve-sokagin-istekleri/ http://t24.com.tr/geziparki http://www.resistturkey.com/ http://showdiscontent.com/ http://gezidirenisinotlari.tumblr.com/ http://resistaksim.tumblr.com/ http://gezipark.colodeck.de/ veya http://gezipark.nadir.org … Read more

The 11th Day in #OccupyTurkey. Erdoğan’s provocative return speech. Ongoing media censorship…

Here is the full transcript of Erdoğan’s provocative speech in English. 7 June 2013: Same headlines in 6 dailies. This is media censorship:   Turkish democracy needs compromise and tolerance, say members of European Parliament Members of European Parliament said the ongoing. Ankara ?chapuls? in tear gas-free Kuğulu Park Residents of Ankara were hit by an unexpected … Read more

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

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….