Posted on 19 June 2013
Tags: erdem gunduz, gezi park, plan, protest, turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Erdem Gündüz is a 34-year-old dancer and performance artist who began a new form of protest over the government’s redevelopment plan of Gezi Park. On Monday, just a few days after police forcibly put an end to the protest that lasted a few weeks, Gündüz stopped in the middle of Taksim Square and stood with his head [...]
Posted on 19 June 2013
Tags: camp, protest, sex doll, students, Video
Two men, who were wearing a G-string, have been spotted running wild on a campus together with sex dolls Eventually they were subdued by security guards. Check out the video below:
Posted on 13 June 2013
Tags: gezi park, protest, referednum, turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Huseyin Celik, the chairman of ruling party AK, says he’s ready to propose a referendum over the redevelopment plan of Gezi Park. The area has been the spark that ignited a two-week protest across the country that claimed the lives of at least three people and injured thousands. The BBC reports: Mr Celik’s [...]
Posted on 12 June 2013
Tags: gezi park, protest, riots, taksim square, turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Protesters in Gezi Park continued their battle against the government’s redevelopment plan forcing police to continue with their brutal crackdown of the protest between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. According to various reports, the police targeted demonstrators with tear gas canisters until the area was cleared. CNN reports: Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, a [...]
Posted on 11 June 2013
Tags: gezi park, istanbul, protest, riot, taksim square
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Clashes between riot police and protesters occupying Taksim Square began around 9am local time on Tuesday when hundreds of officers pushed their way through the camp set up more than a week ago. Police stormed the area and fired rubber bullets, water cannons, tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd. According [...]
Posted on 10 June 2013
Tags: kizilay square, protest, riot, turkey
ANKARA, Turkey - A video shows a Turkish police officer shooting a protester in the head. The footage was taken in Kizilay Square in Ankara. According to official reports, at least three people died in the violent riots that spread across Turkey over the redevelopment plan of Taksim Square in Istanbul. YouTube Reddit
Posted on 07 June 2013
Tags: protest, taksim square, turkey
TURKEY, Istanbul - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will continue with the plan to build a shopping mall at a park in central Istanbul. The redevelopment plan set off a huge mass protest in Taksim square last week that spread to Turkey’s main cities and killed at least three people. Turkey’s prime minister Erdogan said the [...]
Posted on 03 June 2013
Tags: gezi park, istanbul, protest, riots, turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey - A peaceful protest that turned violent three days ago in Turkey’s largest city is spreading across the country with clashes being reported even in Ankara, the country’s capital. Protests have now entered the 4th day. Turkishweekly reports that riots continued on Sunday and mass arrests were conducted by police across the country. At [...]
Posted on 31 May 2013
Tags: gezi park, istanbul, protest, turkey
A brutal repression is being conducted by the hands of local police in Turkey at a park in the city of Istanbul. A group of up to 10,000 peaceful protesters were attacked with tear gases in an early morning raid on Friday. The demonstrators gathered in a small park three days ago to prevent building [...]
Posted on 27 May 2013
Tags: dominique venner, france, protest, same sex marriage
Thusands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Paris on Sunday to oppose France’s new law that legalizes gay marriage. French authorities said more than 150,000 people took to the streets to show their opposition to the law. Among the protesters were members of far-right groups that have clashed with police in the past over the [...]