turkish riots - #occupygezi
 

not that any of you should give a shit, but major turkish cities were home to nationwide protests this last week..

details can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_protests_in_Turkey

the ignition came from a dawn attack by the police forces on protesters, who were sleeping in their tents - only to be gassed, dragged and beated and have their belongings set on fire..
the environmentalists were opposing a development plan to transform the central park in istanbul (gezi parkı) into a shopping mall.. the police brutality they faced just turned the whole thing around..

we get enough shit from the islamist leaning government when it comes to civil liberties - government censorship is a major issue for me, but it' not a part of the agenda of the society in general..

last week, i fund out i was not alone..

thousands came together in support.. and police brutality escalated.. now things are cooling off -but you still can help spread the word..

http://delilimvar.tumblr.com/ -- documenting the violence



http://occupygezipics.tumblr.com/ -- photos from the demonstrations

then there's this piece in the guardian


and one piece of "vandalism" our prime minister talks about - further showing that i'm not alone:



so, dear SY gossip..
be a darling and spread the word, eh?

I'm not sure if you're aware, but this has been all over the anarcho/ leftist things - there's a couple of solidarity things this weekend that I should be making it out to. Certainly in the UK it's been massive headlines - and I'd say (by which I mean hope) a lot of folk are in sympathy with the cause. The British press (by which I mean the British press I read) seems mostly to be on the side of the protesters, and there's been lots of shots of various police brutality.

I hope that soon we look back on this time as 'a good thing'.

Sorry for breaking SYG protocol and saying something serious.

i remember this place being much cooler..
thx for the effort though..

the tensions are still high & i hope to be on the streets this weekend.. it's not just istanbul, all the major cities are in trouble too.
it's not getting any better..

hey man just posting to say it's in the news here. not everywhere in the news because 95% the tv news is for idiots, but i've read about it on the washington post, heard/seen it on the amy goodman show, etc. our current news cycle (the serious one anyway) is consumed mostly with government espionage of its own citizens, but turkey is getting coverage.

keep up the good work and be safe.

the speng on turkey