Conservative intellectuals in Turkey published a condemn on the governments policy against the protesters in Turkey. They formed the Labor and Justice Platform. A quotation of their statement: “We did not forget, how the media was mixing up the whole country with false reports on muslims in Turkey. Today the conservative and the centre mdia […]

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 […]

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!!!! Leran more about çapuling

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 […]

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.