updated Sat. March 16, 2024
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Brookings Institution (blog)
April 24, 2018
The situation in Turkey may not be completely comparable, but the 2013 Gezi Park protests took everyone by surprise. Hence, in the event of real or perceived electoral fraud, protests could follow that could easily turn violent, throwing the legitimacy of the election results into question and the country intoÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
April 16, 2018
In Istanbul, police prevented members of the CHP from staging the protest in Taksim Square, while riot police and water cannon vehicles were deployed around İstiklal Avenue and Gezi Park. After police refused to allow CHP members to enter Taksim Square they opted to march down İstiklal Avenue.
Ahval
April 7, 2018
In 2013, then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced a project to rebuild the old military barracks on Gezi Park, sparking country-wide protests known as the Gezi Park protests, during which Taksim Square was occupied by protestors for nearly a month. Following the protests, Taksim SquareÃâà...
Wired.co.uk
April 4, 2018
“Slogans in nice typefaces won't save the human races," reads a large red poster with yellow and black lettering in Johnston font – the same as on the London Underground – at the Design Museum's new exhibition, Hope to Nope, which opened last week in London. The show traces a ten-year history ofÃâà...
Il Manifesto
March 22, 2018
Cinque anni fa, nel 2013, le proteste nate nel cuore di Istanbul per difendere il parco Gezi dall'ennesima speculazione edilizia – marchio e piaga della Turchia a guida Akp – hanno visto la partecipazione di milioni di cittadini nelle piazze di tutto il paese. L'esperienza di lotta comune all'interno di unÃâà...
The National
March 22, 2018
CNN Turk was widely ridiculed in 2013 when it aired a documentary on penguins as the Gezi Park protests unfolded in Istanbul. The group was forced to sell Milliyet and Vatan newspapers to Mr Demiroren, listed by Forbes magazine as Turkey's 45th richest person, in 2011. His company has interestsÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 19, 2018
This view started to be shaken following the 2013 Gezi Park protests: The first mass demonstrations across Turkey against AKP rule. Allegations of voter fraud on a scale not seen in decades in the 2014 local elections, the first one held following the Gezi protests, seriously challenged the general convictionÃâà...
Ahval
March 12, 2018
Around 100 people attended a ceremony in Istanbul to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of Berkin Elvan, a 15-year-old who died after he was struck in the head with a teargas canister during the 2013 Gezi Park protests, the biggest anti-government demonstrations seen since Turkey's ruling JusticeÃâà...
FRANCE 24
February 22, 2018
A columnist and well-known figure across Turkey, Gergerlioglu was a supporter of the ruling AK Party before the 2013 Gezi Park protests, which sparked a deadly crackdown by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. The crackdown led to a split within Turkey's Islamist ranks, with severalÃâà...
The Outline
February 15, 2018
The cinema was eventually torn down — a Madame Tussaud's shop now stands in its place — but the efforts to rescue Emek bubbled over into the Gezi Park protests that broke out in May of that year. The country-wide demonstrations were rooted in opposition to then-Prime Minister and current PresidentÃâà...
ANSAmed
February 15, 2018
ISTANBUL - Work to demolish and rebuild the Ataturk Cultural Center has started in Istanbul. The center is one of the symbols of Taksim square, an icon of the Gezi Park protests in 2013. As announced last year by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the building will be replaced by a new structure that willÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
January 1, 2018
Were the Gezi Park protests of summer 2013 a product of “foreign powers” or “the mastermind,” aiming to topple then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan? The Gezi protests were a relief for the country's pro-democracy elements, showing that Turkey's youths are not as “apolitical” as was claimed.
Open Democracy
December 6, 2017
The 'Aesthetics of Protest' project explores visual culture and communication during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul in May and June 2013. The protests started as a reaction to attempts to build a shopping mall and military barracks in Gezi Park and galvanised opponents who wanted to challengeÃâà...
Ahval
December 31, 1999
Police interventions against International Women's Day and other demonstrations have become a regular occurrence in Turkey since a sit-in by environmentalist activists in Istanbul's Gezi Park set off a wave of nationwide protests in 2013. Yet, neither police interventions nor attempts to ban demonstrationsÃâà...
Daily Sabah
December 31, 1999
Brunson also took part in organizing the 2013 Gezi Park riots, the indictment said, claiming that he was in possession of lists containing the names of "gas station workers in Turkey's southeast," "railway employees," or "soldiers to get in contact with," with whom he exchanged information through closeÃâà...
