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Published in: HomeWhy use violence against peaceful protesters?Of course many people might think that ‘public’ refers to people but in Turkey it actually refers to the state....
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Published in: HomeTaksim, Syntagma and the EU’s double standards
Unless the EU revisits its strategies and values for good governance at home, it will always risk appearing as...
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Published in: HomeOccupy Wall Street has some questions for Taksim Square
In interview, Müştereklerimiz, “The Network for Our Commons” argues that the really invisible flag, here in Taksim...
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Published in: HomeTurkey, from Tahrir to TaksimThe public demonstrations in Turkey are a challenge to the social destruction and political regression being pushed...
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s protests: the limits of hubrisTurkey is in turmoil. Hundreds of thousands are protesting on the country’s main squares against a whole set of...
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Published in: HomeThe diverse revolt of Turkish youth and the production of the politicalSome of the banners read “we are not a political party, we are the people”, “we claim religion without AKP, Atatürk...
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Published in: HomeThe voices from Taksim
Some of the most original graffiti - and there is much of it - plays with the teargas theme: “Wipe away your tears:...
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Published in: HomeNeither Turkish spring nor velvet revolution
A media that does not function as a check on the government will not be able to survive in the coming days and...
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Published in: HomeReforming Turkish democracy
PM Erdoğan’s inflammatory policies point to the pitfalls of majoritarian style democracy in Turkey.
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Published in: HomeMake no mistake, revolutionary struggle in Turkey is up and running! A reply to Juan ColeTurkey will not tolerate, let alone a Saudi-type sharia law, but even a much more palatable mildly Islamist...
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Published in: HomeA Turkish Spring?Should Cameron, Obama, Hollande and Merkel remain tight-lipped about the disorder spreading across Turkey, we must...
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Published in: openSecurityA u-turn in Turkish politics? Gezi Park in perspective
The simmering dissent and dissatisfaction unleashed at Gezi Park may not be enough to topple AKP's majority, but it...
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Published in: HomeToday we are all someone new!
Reclaiming Taksim has shattered AKP's hegemony in deciding what a square is supposed to mean for us citizens,...
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Published in: HomeThe EU and the Turks: tough times ahead
Brutal assaults by the Turkish police on protesters in Istanbul and around the country during the last few days have...
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Published in: openSecurityTurkish hopes for a new beginningWhether or not the protestors currently occupying Istanbul's Taksim square can evolve into an effective, open and...
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Published in: HomeProtests in Turkey: the straw that broke the camel’s back
Increasing monopolisation of power, patriarchal approach to government and a feeling of disenfranchisement by a...
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Published in: HomeErdogan’s styleThe Gezi Park occupation has been presented as little more than an environmental dispute over an urban green space....
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Published in: HomeGezi: the park that shook up Turkey
What unites the most heterogeneous opposition bloc Turkey has seen in the last two decades is a common protest...
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Published in: HomeTurkey, a people-power tide
The eruption of protest in Istanbul and other Turkish cities expresses vigorous opposition to the political...
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Published in: HomeThe Gezi Park occupation: confronting authoritarian neoliberalismGas, gas, gas, it is the only way they deal with problems that come under one heading.
