The protesters around Gezi Park united as Tear Gas brothers in the past two weeks.
Tear Gas is a chemical weapon. Tear gas works by irritating mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, mouth and lungs, and causes crying, sneezing, coughing, difficulty breathing, pain in the eyes, temporary blindness, etc. Exposure on skin may cause chemical burns.
Turkish moms are at the Gezi park Istanbul tonight to protect their sons and daughters from a possible interference of the police… They are building a chain of flesh around them!!!!
On the 15th day of Gezi Park resistance Turkish riot police attack through barricades firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon at hundreds of protesters to clear Taksim Square early in the morning. Police remove banners on AKM building and Ataturk Sculpture while bulldozers and rubbish trucks clear up the barricades.
Photos by Adnan Onur Acar (NarPhotos)
Video by Ufuk Aziz: people leaving the Gezi Park with the metro and singing: “this is only the beginning, we will continue our fight!”
Mehmet Güleryüz comments on the Protests in Istanbul from Mahalla Festival on Vimeo.
Turkish artist Mehmet Güleryüz sees the protests in Istanbul and other parts of Turkey as a fundamental fight for civil rights and an answer to the despotic style of Primeminister Erdoğan.
Istanbulites are rebelling in a never seen, peaceful unity of many groups out o different backgrounds. While media likes to focuse on riots and violence, the quality of this revolt is it’s Creativity. Istanbul is gassed massively, the youngsters from Beşiktaş lived nightmarish nights and had a big part in saving the Taksim Square and Gezi Park area from the police. The celebrations on Taksim Square wouldn’t be possible without the riots in Dolmabahçe and Beşiktaş.