Eviction Gezi Park
Wanneer: 16/06/2013 - 09:02
The police attacked Gezi Park on Saturday night.
At the time of the attack, the park was chockfull of the kind of people mistaking the place for a festical, coming with their kids and grandpa. As tensions built up confronting the police at the entrance of the park, people in the back went about their business noting
yet little of all.
Finally the police started with the watercanon, teargas and flashbang. They then invaded the park with an inordinate number of riot cops walking,
pushing the protesters to the back. At this point they rarely hit, but if they did, the victim had to be carried away.
Like before, the water from some of the water throwers was mixed through with gas, inflicting very bad skin burn on those who received it.
On the whole, some said the police violence to have been even worse than what happened in the two weeks before.
At the same time fighting broke out on Taksim square. The police drove the protesters slowly away down Istiklal Avenue. They finally pushed rioters
to the end at around half past five in the morning. At Harbiye and Nışantaşı pretty big street barricades were made in the night.
In front of the famous Diwan hotel, which during the past two weeks helped protesters more than once, people were tortured by gas and water for a long time, many were badly injured. The gas could be felt on several floors inside the building. People are still resisting right now.
20 juni 20.00 filmscreening over opstand in Turkije
in de Bollox: Eerste Schinkelstraat 14-16 Amsterdam
Filmmaker Brandon Jourdan van de Global Uprisings filmreeks is net terug na twee weken in Istanbul. Op 20 juni 2012 zal hij in de Bollox over de situatie in Turkije vertellen maar vooral zal hij zijn filmbeelden laten zien. Zijn verzamelde materiaal documenteert een groot deel van de eerste twee weken van de opstand en bevat interviews met deelnemers aan de Occupy Gezi protesten. Terwijl Jourdan in Istanbul was werkte hij voor het Amerikaanse TV/radio programma Democracy Now. Zijn verzamelde materiaal zal worden gebruikt in een nieuwe documentaire als onderdeel van een online-serie op www.globaluprisings.org, met films uit onder meer Egypte, Griekenland, Spanje, Portugal, het Verenigd Koninkrijk, en de Verenigde Staten.
Filmmaker Brandon Jourdan of the Global Uprisings film series has just returned after two weeks in Istanbul. He will discuss the ongoing situation in Turkey and show his footage on June 20, 2013 at the Bollox. His collected material documents most of the first two weeks of the uprising in detail and includes interviews with participants in the Occupy Gezi protests. While in Istanbul, Jourdan was working for the US nationally-syndicated TV/radio show Democracy Now. His collected material will be used in a new documentary as part of an online series at www.globaluprisings.org, which include films from Egypt, Greece, Spain, Portugal, the UK, and the United States.
20 juni 20.00 filmscreening over opstand in Turkije
in de Bollox: Eerste Schinkelstraat 14-16 Amsterdam
Not news at all anymore, but here some pictures from before the eviction