#gezi protests

[kurdnet]

Turkey escalates crackdown on dissent six years after Gezi protests

Turkey escalates crackdown on dissent six years after Gezi protests. Unzile Aksakoglu struggles to explain to her seven-year-old daughter why her father

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[gunesferhat]

Tencere Tava Havası

Sound of Pots and Pats by Kardes Turkuler.

Recorded with Zoom H4n, Mastered by Ferhat Güneş.

[theborderlesspost]

Freelance journalist Jay Cassano has put together a timeline of events in Turkey since last year's Gezi park uprising and the protests that occurred in Istanbul and around Turkey in the summer after. It's worth checking out!

Source: Jay Cassano (h/t The New Inquiry)

[ifallontragedy]

There's something really important for me that I want you to now:

The name of the kid in the photo is 14 year old Berkin Elvan. He got shot with a gas cannister by an unknown police during Gezi protests on 16th June, 2013. He wasn't a protester, he was only out there to get some bread. He stayed in coma for 269 days. Unfortunately he died today, at 7am, only weighting 16 kilos. People had been waiting outside of the hospital for him and police attacked them too. Another protester got shot in the head like our Berkin and he is unconcious now. Right now, a lot of protests are being held at universities, there are going to be protests at 7pm tonight in a lot of cities and districts. So many people, including Erdoğan's voters, still don't know who Berkin is. They think he died because he was throwing rocks at police. He was innocent like all the other protesters. He was a child and he isn't with us anymore.

What I want you to know: Be aware of the brutal police attacks in Turkey. Be aware of the dictator, Erdoğan, who is responsible for Berkin's and 7 other people's death during Gezi protests. (Read the news) (x)

[projectqueer]

Turkey police beat and detain gays helping Gezi protests

TW: gay bashing, police brutality

Turkish police has bashed a gay activist as he takes aid to Istanbul protestors, while three others have been detained and verbally abused

[iamthedukeofurl]

Turkish protesters singing "Do you hear the people sing", first in English, then in Turkish. 

[occasional-noise]

Update from a friend in Istanbul...

Dear friends all over the world,

Please share! The government in collaboration with the police and the media staged a theater play (with terrible actors) at Taksim square early this morning. After announcing that there will be no attacks on the people at Gezi park and Taksim, hundreds of policemen came to collect the banners, at the same time chocking people with tear gas. The media, who has ignored the protests so far was there from the beginning broadcasting (from extremely good shooting points) a play between hundreds of cops and about 30 protesters (still a mystery who they were) who were throwing molotov cocktails to the police at the square. This act went on for more than an hour. The police, who is capable of breaking up thousand of people (without provocation )within minutes with tear gas and water cannons, only circled around them, gently spraying a little water. In the mean time, on the back streets and around Gezi park, where the media was not broadcasting, the attacks were as usual brutal. The protests until this morning have been peaceful and it is not clear whether these people were extremists from some political groups or some others(??). What is clear is that they do not reflect the spirit of this uprising. Couple of hours ago, police attacked the biggest court house in Istanbul and arrested around 70 lawyers, who were only protesting against the morning attacks, probably as a response to their help with protecting the rights of the people arrested and injured during last weeks protests. In response to today's events, people of Istanbul are going back to Taksim square this evening at 19:00 possibly with larger numbers than the protests on May 31. Please share this information. The Turkish media has failed miserably and it is very important that the world knows what is really going on in Turkey.  Please Copy/Paste instead of sharing. The truth is being flagged and censored.