María María Acha-Kutscher María María Acha-Kutscher (Facebook) illustrates women exercising their voices in political struggles. She says her work focuses on the woman, on “her story, the struggles for emancipation and equality, and the cultural construction of femininity.” The political dimension of her work plays a dual role—“an artistic product in itself” and “an instrument covers a social need and… contributes to political transformations.”
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Taksim Gezi Parkı…
The 2013 protests in Turkey are a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey, which began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park protesting the plan.Subsequently, supporting protests and strikes took place across Turkey protesting a wide range of concerns, at the core of which were issues of freedom of the press, of expression, assembly, and the government’s encroachment on Turkey’s secularism. With no centralised leadership beyond the small assembly that organized the original environmental protest, the protests have been compared to the Occupy movement and the May 1968 events. Social media played a key part in the protests, not least because much of the Turkish media downplayed the protests, particularly in the early stages. 3.5 million of Turkey’s 80 million people are estimated to have taken an active part in almost 5,000 demonstrations across Turkey connected with the original Gezi Park protest. 11 people were killed and more than 8,000 were injured, many critically.
The sit-in at Taksim Gezi Park was restored after police withdrew from Taksim Square on 1 June, and developed into an Occupy-like camp with thousands of protesters in tents, organising a library, medical center, food distribution, and their own media. After the Gezi Park camp was cleared by riot police on 15 June, protesters began to meet in other parks all around Turkey and organised public forums to discuss ways forward for the protests.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed the protesters as “a few looters” on 2 June.Police suppressed the protests with tear gas and water cannons. In addition to the 11 deaths and over 8,000 injuries, more than 3,000 arrests were made. Excessive use of force by police and the overall absence of government dialogue with the protesters was criticized by some foreign countries and international organisations.
The range of the protesters was described as being broad, encompassing both right- and left-wing individuals.Their complaints ranged from the original local environmental concerns to such issues as the authoritarianism of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, curbs on alcohol, a recent row about kissing in public, and the war in Syria. Protesters called themselves çapulcu (looters), reappropriating Erdoğan’s insult for themselves (and coined the derivative “chapulling”, given the meaning of “fighting for your rights”). According to various analysts, the protests are the most challenging events for Erdoğan’s ten-year term and the most significant nationwide disquiet in decades.
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Gezi Parkı… Bunların dertleri ağaç değil dediler… Bunlar çapulcu dediler…
Dış güçler dediler… Radikal örgütler dediler… Marjinal örgüt üyesi dediler… Otpor dediler… Ot bok dediler…
Direnişi kıramadılar… Bölemediler… Ayrıştıramadılar… Bir bok anlamadılar da zaten…
Su sıktılar… Gaz sıktılar… Yetmedi plastik mermi sıktılar… Yetmedi gerçek mermi sıktılar… Gaz kapsüllerini mermi yerine koydular…
Suya göğüs gerdik… Gazı içimize çektik… Kurşun yedik… Gaz kapsülü yedik… Yine bölemediler… Şaşırdılar…
Esnafın ekmeğine mani oluyorlar dediler… Berkin'in ekmeğine mani oldular… Hayatına mani oldular… Güzel günlerine, kötü günlerine mani oldular…
Tükürdüklerini yaladılar… Yalan söylediler.. Ortaya çıktı… Takmadılar… Devam ettiler… Yolsuzluğa battılar… Yüzsüzlüklerini gösterdiler… Parmaklar onları gösterdi… Onlar diğer yüzde 50'yi gösterdi… Eller başlara gitti.. Feryatlar yükseldi… Sessizler…
Onlar unutulacak…
Berkin Elvan, Ethem Sarısülük, Mehmet Ayvalıtaş, Ali İsmail Korkmaz, Abdullah Cömert, Mustafa Sarı, İrfan Tuna, Medeni Yıldırım ise her zaman hatırlanacak… Bu hükümet gidecek.. Katil olarak anılacak… Yolsuzluk çukuru olarak anılacak… Demokrasi katili olarak anılacak…
Sen rahat uyu Berkin… Özgürlük şehidi olarak anılacaksın hep…
Taksim Gezi Parkı...
The 2013 protests in Turkey are a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey, which began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park protesting the plan.Subsequently, supporting protests and strikes took place across Turkey protesting a wide range of concerns, at the core of which were issues of freedom of the press, of expression, assembly, and the government's encroachment on Turkey's secularism. With no centralised leadership beyond the small assembly that organized the original environmental protest, the protests have been compared to the Occupy movement and the May 1968 events. Social media played a key part in the protests, not least because much of the Turkish media downplayed the protests, particularly in the early stages. 3.5 million of Turkey's 80 million people are estimated to have taken an active part in almost 5,000 demonstrations across Turkey connected with the original Gezi Park protest. 11 people were killed and more than 8,000 were injured, many critically.
The sit-in at Taksim Gezi Park was restored after police withdrew from Taksim Square on 1 June, and developed into an Occupy-like camp with thousands of protesters in tents, organising a library, medical center, food distribution, and their own media. After the Gezi Park camp was cleared by riot police on 15 June, protesters began to meet in other parks all around Turkey and organised public forums to discuss ways forward for the protests.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed the protesters as "a few looters" on 2 June.Police suppressed the protests with tear gas and water cannons. In addition to the 11 deaths and over 8,000 injuries, more than 3,000 arrests were made. Excessive use of force by police and the overall absence of government dialogue with the protesters was criticized by some foreign countries and international organisations.
The range of the protesters was described as being broad, encompassing both right- and left-wing individuals.Their complaints ranged from the original local environmental concerns to such issues as the authoritarianism of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, curbs on alcohol, a recent row about kissing in public, and the war in Syria. Protesters called themselves çapulcu (looters), reappropriating Erdoğan's insult for themselves (and coined the derivative "chapulling", given the meaning of "fighting for your rights"). According to various analysts, the protests are the most challenging events for Erdoğan's ten-year term and the most significant nationwide disquiet in decades.
Illustrations from The Gezi Parki protests...
Multiple artists...
The Taksim Square Book Club
A continuation of the “Standing Man” resistance method in Turkey, the Taksim Square Book Club combines nonviolent resistance with empowerment via learning. Participants stand for hours in the controversy-ridden square reading the work of authors ranging all the way from Camus to Marquéz. The most popular book, however, is fitting given the protestors’ fears: George Orwell’s “1984″.
Taksim Commune: Gezi Park And The Uprising In Turkey
This short documentary tells the story of the occupation of Gezi Park, the eviction on July 15, 2013, and the protests that have continued in the aftermath. It includes interviews with many participants and footage never before seen.
Halk duruyor...
3. günde o çadırların yakılması, barışçıl gösteriyi buraya getirmiştir... Bunu sen istedin Tayyip efendi... — GEZİ PARKINDA NE OLDU DA ANLAYAMADINIZ! Vol.1
3. günde o çadırların yakılması, barışçıl gösteriyi buraya getirmiştir... Bunu sen istedin Tayyip efendi... — GEZİ PARKINDA NE OLDU DA ANLAYAMADINIZ! Vol. 2
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