#bogazici

[alperkulpro]

#istanbul #ortakoy #bogazici (Istanbul Province) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cabt2xYKF1u/?utm_medium=tumblr

[denizeyuruyen]

[gecede-kaybolan-inci]

Boğaziçinde okuyan bir öğrencinin açtığı pankart.

𝐆𝐞𝐳𝐝𝐢𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐩 𝐒̧𝐚𝐦,

𝐄𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐩,

𝐌𝐞𝐠̆𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐜̧𝐦𝐢𝐬̧,

𝐈̇𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐩...

~𝚈𝚞𝚗𝚞𝚜 𝙴𝚖𝚛𝚎

[skyozlem]

Erdogan fires Bogazici rector he had appointed despite fierce opposition of faculty and students. Quite an extraordinary and rare capitulation. Students & faculty faced months of police pressure, detention, ill treatment as they protested him. Hope his successor will be better.

[aylindemirr1]

Bugün bu görüntüyü çekerken ,şapur şupur çamurlara basıp girdim. Dedim ki bunu çekmem lazım .Yansımanın verdiği o estetiği görmeleri lazım dedim .

Yalnız o manzaranın ardında da koca bir boğaz var . Bulutlar olmasa , bir adım öte de boğaz var . Çamurlar olmasa ,bir adım öte de bahar çiçekleri var .

İnsanlar bahçelerinde ki çimleri biçmişler .Off , o çim kokusu yok mu.... İnsanı ister istemez derin bir huzura ,rahatlığa sokuyor .

Bakın her zaman da olmasa hep bir yerlerde yaşamı bulmaya çalışıyorum.

Şükrediyorum. Dua ediyorum .

[queenpimiko]

I didn’t feel like drawing flowers yesterday while students in Turkey are getting arrested for protesting.

[medussaurora]

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ

There's an ongoing protest against the government in a Turkish university, Boğaziçi. It's one of the oldest universities in Turkey and one of the most significant ones if not the most. This protest started one month ago and we are still fighting. The government doesn't want to give LGBTQ+ community any kind of recognition, they think they have the right to interfere in our lives and control the university, which is not legitimate, and this is what we stand against here. THIS IS DICTATORSHIP. We, the students and the faculty members from all around the country, are trying to show the government that THEY DO NOT OWN US and WE HAVE A VOICE. The police, of course, uses unwarranted force towards the university students since they were ordered to do so. Even though all of this started because of a different administration matter, it is still going on and over 150 people have been arrested. I am asking you to share this so people would become more conscious about it. Also, Boğaziçi published a letter to the presidency and I want to share with you the translated version of it.

This is the revolution of students, please hear our voice. WE ARE NOT BOWING DOWN!

“Don’t mistake us for those who obey you unconditionally. You are not a sultan and we are not your subjects."

I am dropping the links of some resources that sums of the situation for the ones that are interested.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-protests-bogazici-university-erdogan/2021/02/04/b6089964-6640-11eb-bab8-707f8769d785_story.html%3foutputType=amp

Students and faculty at top Turkish university battle Erdogan’s attempt at control

The government, which has promised to enact democratic reforms this year, has responded to protests in a manner both heavy-handed and famili

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/turkey-student-protests-grow-young-people-vent-frustrations-with-erdogan

Student protests grow as Turkey's young people turn against Erdoğan

President’s appointment of political ally as university rector becomes catalyst for disillusioned youth to vent frustrations

Thanks to you all, please share and rt this so it would reach out to more people.

[bananapancake3]

never stop hoping

people are shouting again

in my country

they are being kicked on the pavements

pavements that I walked on

eating simit with one hand

holding my father's hand with the other

leaving a trail of sesame behind

and giggles

young people are losing their hopes again

in my country

rage is bubbling

fists clenched

words stuck on throats

despair squeeze them, hard- so hard

like a secret

that is slowly killing you

but some things are different

other bodies are beaten now for instance

different news anchors don't talk about the elephant in the room

and police brutality on the street

other mothers are crying now

after their daughters

waiting behind bars

for a crime that is nothing

NOTHING

but caring and hoping

#neverstophoping #neverstopcaring

- it's been years since we sat down at the kitchen table

it's been years since we ate from the same pot

we are chewing words now

and spitting hate

do you remember

the neighbor's boy

we would play football together

and climbed on the same plum tree

i let you ride my bike once 

and you gave me my first marble ball 

but we forgot it all, didn't we

now you are wearing a crisp black uniform

and we became each other's enemy

but i remember how you cried one day

and i gave you simit

do you remember it

the neighbor's boy