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Tur·key

a.
a person or thing of little appeal; dud; loser.
b.
a naive, stupid, or inept person.
c.
a poor and unsuccessful theatrical production; flop.

[Tim Drayton]

Protests are now erupting in Ankara against the felling of trees to make way for a new road that is planned to pass the Middle East Technical University. Republican Peoples’ Party member of parliament for Tunceli (Dersim), Hüseyin Aygün, has turned up and is physically blocking the construction machinery (pictured below) - just as Peace and Democracy party member of parliament, Sırrı Süreya Önder, did in Gezi Park.

As a precaution, the authorities have closed Gezi Park in Istanbul, to prevent demonstrations in support being held there.



http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/odtud ... du-1149587

[Demonax]

Istanbul's Gezi Park sealed off for second day in a row

Police had also closed the park on Sept. 6 following a similar call for protest that circulated on social media websites. DHA photo

Police sealed off Istanbul's Gezi Park for a second day in a row on Sept. 7, after calls for protests in support of students at Ankara's Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ). The ODTÜ students are opposing a road project on campus that will lead to the destruction of nearly 3,000 trees.

Water cannon trucks (TOMAs) were dispatched to the Gezi Park's Taksim Square entrance, Doğan News Agency reported.

The park was also closed by police on Sept. 6 to prevent a similar demonstration from taking place. Small groups of protesters had gathered on İstiklal Avenue, with police reportedly firing water cannons to disperse the crowd.

The demonstrations on the ODTÜ campus had lasted until beyond midnight, with police resorting once again to tear gas and water cannons against a group protesting against the destruction of part of the university's forested area.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanb ... sCatID=341

[kimon07]

Has anything changed since 1969?

Note: Open the link to see the photo.

Protesting, alla turca, past and present
BELGİN AKALTAN

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...............Bloody Sunday (Turkish: Kanlı Pazar) is the name given to the incidents that occurred on Feb. 16, 1969, in Istanbul’s Taksim Square where youth organizations held a demonstration to protest the visit of the American 6th Fleet.

While demonstrators on the day of Feb. 16 started gathering at Beyazıt Square, right-wing people responding to the call to “give a lesson to the communists” arrived at Taksim Square. They performed a collective prayer there and started waiting with stones and sticks in their hands.

Youth organizations started their march from Beyazıt Square. Passing through Sultanahmet, Sirkeci, Eminönü, Karaköy and Dolmabahçe, they were blocked by police while entering Taksim. Police allowed small groups to enter the square. Those who were able to pass were attacked by rightists with sticks, stones and knives.

Attackers chanting “Allah is great” violently beat up the demonstrators. During the incidents, two young people, Ali Turgut Aytaç and Duran Erdoğan, were stabbed to death. It was observed that police did not exactly do much to stop the attackers.

The next day, a photo printed on the front page of daily Hürriyet showed the moment Ali Turgut Aytaç was stabbed. The picture clearly showed that a riot police officer was just standing there. This created a huge reaction.......

All political parties except for the ruling Justice Party (AP) wanted the Interior Minister Faruk Sükan to resign. Despite this, Sükan blamed the leftist students and stated that police were conducting their normal duties. Only a limited investigation was made…

Oh my God, just change the names and the date; the situation is identical to the Turkey of 2013. Is that it? Have we not learned anything since 1969? How come such a similar scenario plays out over and over again? Are we dumb? Are they dumb?

Is it in our genes to beat up protestors? And be beaten up while the police are watching? Encouraging attackers? Hating all kinds of demonstrators?

No wonder we have a very limited culture of protest. Who would dare go out on the street?

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/protes ... sCatID=469


P.S. He is terribly wrong. Something HAS changed dramatically. The ruling party was then called "Justice Party". It is now called "Justice and Development Party"

[kimon07]

Has anything changed since 1969?

Note: Open the link to see the photo.

Did the photo from "Bloody Sunday" remind you of something?

It reminded me of this one:

220px-Tasos_Isaak_murdered.jpg

[Tim Drayton]

The police intervened using water cannons against about 300 protestors in the city of Adana, who were supporting the Middle East Technical University protests. Six protestors were hospitalised, their skin having turned red and with them complaining of a burning sensation; some of them were said to have experienced itching to the extent that they appeared to be suffering an epilepsy attack. Republican Peoples’ Party member of parliament for Adana, Ümit Özgümüş, visited these injured protestors in two hospitals, and rejecting the police claim that this burning was due to the high pressure of the water, noted, “Our friends here have been burnt as though boiling water had been poured over them from top to bottom.” He alleges that chemicals were added to the water, and says that some of the protestors’ clothing has been taken for analysis.



http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/?hn=440158&kn=7&ka=4&kb=7

[B25]

Are they using chemicals weapons then?? Is the US going to bomb them as well??? Talk about hypocrisy.

[Tim Drayton]

Are they using chemicals weapons then?? Is the US going to bomb them as well??? Talk about hypocrisy.

The Turkish Chamber of Chemical Engineers has already stated that the government was using chemical weapons against the Gezi protestors. See my post on 19 June.

[B25]

Yes Tim I was being sarcastic. Thanks for your informative posts all the same.