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[bill cobbett]

A picture tonight of peaceful protesters being attacked in the ways we've seen since the start of June.

Peaceful assemblies in both Istanbul and Ankara being broken up with TOMAs, more CS Gas and more plastic bullets.

Here's a summary of the past few hours from indymedia...

01.25: [Istanbul] Police attacked the Halk TV cameraman while he's broadcasting the events in İstiklal avenue.
01.22: [Istanbul] Police forces are going to Tarlabaşı, they are throwing tear gas bombs in the back streets.
01.20: [Istanbul] In Istiklal Street police forces are taking people into custody after clashes.
01.16: [Istanbul] Police forces accompanied with TOMA headed all the way towards the Odakule Building in İstiklal avenue.
01.15: [Istanbul] A construction vehicle is proceeding along with mobile action police forces in the Istiklal Street.
01.11: [Istanbul] The police forces who are attacking the crowd in the Istiklal Street have no helmet numbers.
01.10: [Istanbul] Police are throwing tear gas bombs in Istiklal Street. Photo
01.05: [Istanbul] Police attacked the protesters near İmam Adnan St. at the İstiklal avenue.
00.58: [Istanbul] Following the news of Cumhuriyet (Republic) Newspaper the mayor of Istanbul namely Avni Mutlu has explained the police assault in Taksim saying: "The situation is beyond the act of putting down carnations, the protesters are distrupting the public order and blocking the routine traffic flow for about an hour. That's the reason we have interfered with the protests."
00.44: [Istanbul] Thousands are celebrating at the barricade near Ağa Mosque in İstiklal avenue.
00.39: [Ankara] Protesters in Dikmenli are continuing their struggle in front of the barricades.
00.39: [Istanbul] Clashes in İstiklal avenue calmed down as the police retreated.
00.19: [Ankara] Along Dikmen Street public is coming out on the street, they are setting up barricades. Women are in the front rank...
00.11: [Istanbul] Slogans are getting louder from the back streets of Istiklal Street.
00.03: [Ankara] The clashes in Kennedy, Bestekar and Tunalı regions have stopped temporarily. The police forces are stationed at the beginning of every street.
00.02: [Istanbul] Istanbul Chamber of Medical Doctors have reported that there are 42 people injured due to the police attacks.

[bill cobbett]

Huge anti-Erdogan demo in Cologne, Germany.

30,000 turned out for the protest.

Some paras...

...Tens of thousands of Turkish people living in Germany have taken to the streets of Cologne, protesting against Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government in Turkey. The demo coincided with a return to Taksim Square in Istanbul.
At least 30,000 people participated in the Cologne demonstration against the Turkish government on Saturday. The organizers, the Alevi Community in Germany organization, estimated the turnout at roughly 80,000 people.

Banners carrying messages, mostly in Turkish, like "Erdogan, the wolf in sheep's clothing" and "Europe knows what's what - a fascist is in charge in Ankara," could be seen in the city on the Rhine, home to several major Muslim organizations in Germany. Another caption read ...
"Bye, bye Erdogan."..

More with picky at... http://www.dw.de/turkish-germans-protes ... a-16900242

[bill cobbett]

The Independent in GB covers the violence of the "police" attacking peaceful protesters in Taksim last night.

... and also takes an angle on how Caliph Erdogan is playing a very dangerous game by bringing religion in to the equation with his speeches to his rent-a-crowd "supporters" in various rallies.

Here's a coule of paras...

..."Mr Erdogan continues to refuse to answer the protesters' demands. Instead, he is touring Turkey, addressing mass rallies of his AK Party supporters, in a show of force. Hours before the protest in Taksim Square, he spoke to a crowd of around 15,000 in the Black Sea port of Samsun, saying:

"One prayer from our people is enough to frustrate their plans".

In what seemed an attempt to provoke religious anger, he repeated earlier claims the protesters had defiled mosques and attacked head-scarved women; there is no evidence they did either. A photograph alleged to show a protester drinking alcohol in a mosque turned out to show him drinking Coca-Cola and there were head-scarved women among the protesters in Taksim..."

Rest at ... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 69864.html

[bill cobbett]

Our very old friend posts elsewhere of large crowds of peaceful protesters gathering again in Istanbul.

Here's a picky...

[bill cobbett]

If Lordo will allow...

Almost all the protests and the Erdogan Regime's overreaction has been in Ankara. A place tonight of protest, barricades and water canon.

Here's indy media with a report on the last few hours ...

00.46: [Ankara] Along the Dikmen Street a lot of barricades have been formed. In the front of the barricades thousands of people are still protesting by playing on drums, pots and pans, and shouting slogans. The police is waiting at the junction at the police station.
00.16: [Ankara] While the protestors were setting up the barricades, a resident from Dikmen came along with a car and told them that they could use the broken-down car as a barricade. The crowd applauded and cheered up and put the car on the corner of Dikmen and Sinan Street as a barricade Photo.
00.00: ---- 24.6.2013 ----------------
23.57: [Ankara] The supporter group of BJK (Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club, notably including the Beşiktaş football club) çArşı stands with the people of Dikmen (District). The crowd greeted the group with applauses. The members of Ankaragücü Sokak Grubu (Ankaragücü Street Group) shouted "The one who robs the hospitals and parents, puts workers and white-collars (T/N: people working in offices) in a difficult position, is the one who is the servant of US, Tayyip Erdoğan" in Dikmen.
23.25: [Ankara] Residents of Dikmen are still waiting at the barricades.
23.08: [Ankara] The Police tries to clear the barricades and is escalating the situation. The police station is full with water canons, armed police cars and riot police.
22.54: [Ankara] The people have built barricades and set them on fire. The fire lightens up the street. Photo
22.47: [Ankara] More than 10.000 people marching on Dikmen Street.

[Tim Drayton]

If Lordo will allow...

Almost all the protests and the Erdogan Regime's overreaction has been in Ankara. A place tonight of protest, barricades and water canon.

Here's indy media with a report on the last few hours ...

00.46: [Ankara] Along the Dikmen Street a lot of barricades have been formed. In the front of the barricades thousands of people are still protesting by playing on drums, pots and pans, and shouting slogans. The police is waiting at the junction at the police station.
00.16: [Ankara] While the protestors were setting up the barricades, a resident from Dikmen came along with a car and told them that they could use the broken-down car as a barricade. The crowd applauded and cheered up and put the car on the corner of Dikmen and Sinan Street as a barricade Photo.
00.00: ---- 24.6.2013 ----------------
23.57: [Ankara] The supporter group of BJK (Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club, notably including the Beşiktaş football club) çArşı stands with the people of Dikmen (District). The crowd greeted the group with applauses. The members of Ankaragücü Sokak Grubu (Ankaragücü Street Group) shouted "The one who robs the hospitals and parents, puts workers and white-collars (T/N: people working in offices) in a difficult position, is the one who is the servant of US, Tayyip Erdoğan" in Dikmen.
23.25: [Ankara] Residents of Dikmen are still waiting at the barricades.
23.08: [Ankara] The Police tries to clear the barricades and is escalating the situation. The police station is full with water canons, armed police cars and riot police.
22.54: [Ankara] The people have built barricades and set them on fire. The fire lightens up the street. Photo
22.47: [Ankara] More than 10.000 people marching on Dikmen Street.

A ten-year-old child was among those arrested in Ankara yesterday.

[Paphitis]

I naturally don't want to wish any ill on the unarmed civilians of the secularist movement and hope they do stay safe without anymore loss of life etc etc but i hope the entire country of Turkey implodes on itself.

Just partition the country and be done with it.

[Tim Drayton]

Shoots him point blank dead in cold blood, then runs away like a pussy.

The lawyer acting for the family of Ethem Sarısülük, pictured being murdered in cold blood above, has requested that the police make the name of the officer who committed the murder - he is still currently actively serving in this capacity! - and his gun available. Information about this officer and his gun have now apparently been passed on to the public prosecutor's office.

http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/ethem ... di-1138100

The policeman who allegedly killed Ethem Sarısülük was brought before Ankara Penal Court of the peace No. 13, charged with “Causing death by exceeding the bounds of legitimate self-defence", and was released pending trial.
(Release pending trial is virtually unheard of in murder cases in Turkey.)

http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/o_hak ... ki-1138952

[bill cobbett]

Yes, the chances of this victim's poor family seeing justice must be pretty remote.

The BBC in GB has issued a statement condemning attacks on its journalists by the Erdogan Regime.

It's alleged that a BBC journo covering events in Turkey, Selin Girit, has been subjected to a Twitter campaign of threats and intimidation started and sustained by the Mayor Ibrahim Melih Gokcek.

Here's a few sentences from the BBC...

..."The BBC says it is "very concerned" by a campaign by the Turkish authorities to "intimidate its journalists".

In a statement, the corporation says one reporter has been "attacked on social media by the mayor of Ankara for her coverage of the current protests".

On Sunday, Mayor Ibrahim Melih Gokcek described BBC Turkish reporter Selin Girit as an "English agent", launching a campaign against her on Twitter.

This triggered a counter-campaign which became Turkey's most trending topic..."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23036924

[Tim Drayton]

Yes, the chances of this victim's poor family seeing justice must be pretty remote.

The dead man's family, arguing that the policeman's release demonstrates that there is no effective domestic remedy, have said that they are going to the European Court of Human Rights.

http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/?hn=424732&kn=7&ka=4&kb=7

The following demonstration took place on the Asian side of Istanbul yesterday in protest against the court decision to release the policeman:



The newspaper report about this does not mention any police intervention,interestingly.

http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/kadik ... ta-1139004