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  1. May 15

    Coming from someone who killed 22 and injured 8,163 *environmentalists* just for protesting urban development of a park.

  2. May 31

    Today its the 5th anniversary of protests. About 500 protestors marched chanting slogans "Everywhere is Taksim, everywhere is resistance", "Shoulder to shoulder against fascism", "This is just the beginning, we will keep fighting." They also commemorated those killed.

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  3. May 31

    Today marks the 5th anniversary of Gezi Park occupation. Proof that the wounds are not healed yet, police have sealed off Taksim Gezi Park today and placed barriers in front of all entrances and exits of the park. Photos by and / Le Journal​

  4. Jun 24

    7. Athough there will be some irregularities, the democratic forces in Turkey mobilized more than ever before. NGO`s like are working hard to keep the ballots save. These are all still aftermarths of the protests.

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  5. 28 Nov 2017

    + Make no mistake: another protest will likely go down in history as , will tear Turkey apart. 3 possible outcomes: 1) Full-on dictatorship 2) Secular military coup 3) Civil war +

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  6. Jan 3

    Dear writer: this is the same way the people in were supported: freedom, regime change and corruption... we know that Iran people can change the regime as in 70’s. But do the people want it this time?

  7. Jul 10

    This morning’s keynote at is Ceyda Sungur, a planning scholar, who had become one of the symbols of resistance in 2013 as “the woman in red” (although she declared she didn’t want to be a symbol, “everyone was in the same shoes”).

  8. Jul 31
    Replying to and

    I've been saying from the beginning of the campaign that Trump is accelerating Erdogan's tactics. From to

  9. May 15
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    Remember Erdogan is the terrorist

  10. Feb 1

    Available online until midnight: Five years after Gezi Park, people in Turkey have given up on public space and retreated online. writes for the latest issue of our magazine, online now.

  11. Mar 7

    Turkish women ready to march despite likely police intervention | Police interventions against   and other demos become a regular occurrence in since a sit-in by environmentalist activists in Istanbul's protests.

  12. 16 Oct 2017

    Remember protests, when the people took their first steps to reclaiming their country? Me neither.

  13. Jan 3
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    gave the protests 1 month to make their protests. And then what happened? In less than a day it was ended... same will happen in

  14. 28 Nov 2017

    + Real risk comes from how seculars might respond. Erdogan can hardly afford another protest, so if it comes, he'll respond *way much more* harshly this time to arrest its development. If that happens.. +

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  15. May 27
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  16. Apr 26
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    I wonder if this skepticism has increased in the past 24 months?? Might not have been as much the case in eras? But yes, source credibility is an increasingly important question.

  17. 14 Oct 2017

    Gezi park's slingshot aunt Emine Cansever was arrested for membership in dhkp-c terrorist organization events

  18. Sep 13
  19. Jun 23

    Facebook reminded me yesterday that it was 5 years ago to the day that I took this photo of Turkish Metal Band GÜRZ donning gas masks at a festival in Tbilisi to show their solidarity with the dispersal of the protests in Istanbul. How time flies.

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