Al Monitor: Are Protests on the Rise Again in Turkey? – Orhan Kemal Cengiz
The demonstrations that broke out across Turkey earlier this year after the police clampdown on an environmentalist protest at Istanbul’s Gezi Park came as a major sociopolitical quake for the country....
View ArticleThe New York Times: A Canvas of Turmoil During Istanbul Biennial
Now in its 13th edition, this year’s Istanbul Biennial, which runs through Oct. 20, is called “Mom, Am I a Barbarian?” taking its title from a book by the Turkish poet Lale Muldur. It fills five venues...
View ArticleThe Guardian: Istanbul Biennial under fire for tactical withdrawal from...
A crackdown on anti-government protests forced the art show to abandon its more edgy ideas. But the spirit of Taksim Square is not entirely absent For the time being, the days of “art for art’s sake”...
View ArticleODTÜ Statement from the Student Collectives
The Student Collectives published a statement about the insidious assault against the ODTÜ (Middle East Technical University) on the last day of the religious festival, after midnight: This assault is...
View ArticleFirat News: Barcelona – Taksim
As part of the project Inside Out initiated last year by the Festival The Influencers, one of the “reclaimed” walls of Barcelona has been pasted with the photos of people supporting the Gezi Park...
View ArticleIstanbul Kent Mitingi: Mass Rally in Kadikoy on December 22 – Our Call to...
We are the people of Istanbul, we reclaim our city! To unite, to get organized and to say “Isatnbul is ours,” we are meeting in Kadikoy on December 22! Those craving for money and power have, by means...
View ArticleBBC News: Turkey clashes after boy hurt at Istanbul protest dies
Clashes have erupted at a hospital in Istanbul where a boy has died nine months after he was struck on the head by a tear-gas canister fired by police. In Ankara, police fired tear gas to disperse...
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