Gathering Stones – Photo AP/Sergei Chuzavkov
The European Union has called an extraordinary meeting of the bloc’s 28 foreign ministers to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Sanctions “against those responsible for violence and use of excessive force” are expected.
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)
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.