Türkiye

Turkish PM Claims BBC Reporter Committed Treason by Reporting Protests

June 28, 2013 Constanze Letsch, www.guardian.co.uk Educate! Media, Türkiye

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told parliament a BBC reporter was guilty of treason over her coverage of the anti-government protests sweeping the nation. The prime minister's condemnation has triggered concerns among fellow journalists, who believe Erdoğan – who accuses the media of fanning the demonstrations – is attempting to stifle dissent. The campaign against Selin Gerit was launched last weekend when the mayor of Ankara, Melih Gökçek, posted a series of angry tweets. The BBC criticised what it called government intimidation. The corporation's comments triggered Erdoğan to claim in parliament the following day that Girit was "part of a conspiracy against her own country". Turkish journalists see the focus on Girit as a warning to them all – an example to cow the rest of them into submission.

Popular Resistance Newsletter – The Paradox of Power

June 27, 2013 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Edward Snowden, Environment, Guantanamo Bay, NSA, Police abuse, Türkiye

On Wednesday morning, attorney Lynne Stewart’s compassionate release from prison was denied. Stewart is suffering from breast cancer. Her husband, Ralph Poynter, stood vigil in DC to push for a decision, and then the decision came, with a result they did not want to hear. Stewart should not be in prison at all for her act of assisting her client with a press statement, but she continues to serve a 10 year sentence. By her grace and strength Stewart turned a seemingly devastating decision into a victory.

Flames of Resistance and Hope in Turkey

June 26, 2013 Tariq Ali, www.counterpunch.org Organize! Türkiye

ZB: You say, Turkish protestors ignited hope in Europe. In what sense did they ignite hope? Tariq Ali: In the sense that what is happening in Turkey is part of the crisis of neo-liberal capitalism. In Spain, Greece, Portugal there have been general strikes, demonstrations, etc. Even as Erdogan was using the repressive machinery of the state to promote the building industry, the Greek coalition had closed down State television and radio in order to sack journalists. The courageous Turkish citizens opened up a new front at an important time. And their example might well spread ro France and, who knows, perhaps even Britain and Germany in the months ahead.

Danger on Turkey’s Streets: Reporting on the Civil Unrest

June 25, 2013 Özgür Öğret, www.cpj.org Educate! Media, Türkiye

The Committee for Protection of Journalists (CPJ) has documented dozens of anti-press attacks during the unrest, including detentions, assaults, raids, obstruction, threats, and equipment confiscation and destruction. CPJ research shows police have posed the biggest threat, beating numerous journalists, and arbitrarily detaining many more. But angry protesters have also attacked journalists whose reporting they perceive as being supportive of the state. Two news vans were destroyed at Taksim Square near Gezi Park when the protests began, and several more journalists were accosted by protesters over the following weeks. However, on at least two occasions that I witnessed, protestors stepped to defend the journalists from the attackers.

Autonomy: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

June 23, 2013 Jerome Roos, www.roarmag.org Create! Brazil, Corporatism, Democracy, Egypt, Finance and the Economy, Government, Human Rights, Türkiye, Worker Rights and Jobs

As the ongoing uprising in Turkey and the mass protests in Bosnia, Bulgaria and Brazil confirm, the wave of struggles that kicked off with the Arab revolutions of 2011 is still in full swing. However, it is also clear that, two years hence, the “dangerous dreams” of the Arab revolutionaries, Europe’s indignados and America’s occupiers largely remain unfulfilled. In Europe, the austerity mantra is still being uncritically praised and dutifully imposed by governments of the left and the right. In Egypt, Islamist forces have successfully managed to hijack the revolution by taking state power and suppressing its epochal promise of radical emancipation. In the United States, meanwhile, the bodies that once assembled on Wall Street seem to have dissipated back into their previous state of social atomization. In the present conjuncture, an old but important question arises — both for the movements that kicked off in 2011 and for the ones currently underway in Turkey, Brazil and elsewhere: what is to be done?

Why the BRICs are Crumbling: The Rise of Inequality

June 23, 2013 Paul Mason, www.independent.co.uk Educate! Brazil, Finance and the Economy, Türkiye

It’s clear, now, what it’s about. Brazil’s economic rise has been spectacular – but as in most of the so-called Bric countries it has involved increased inequality, exacerbated corruption and the prioritisation of infrastructure over public services. “Less stadiums, more hospitals,” reads one plaintive placard. The fact that the whole process was fronted by the relatively liberal and pro-poor Workers’ Party led, for a time, to acquiescence. The government sold the idea that hosting the World Cup, clearing some of the slums and pacifying the rest with heavy policing, together with a new transport system in the major cities, would complete Brazil’s emergence as a developed country. But the World Cup is draining money from public services; the cost of the urban transport system is squeezing the lower middle class.

Turkish Riot Police Break Up Protest Rallies

June 22, 2013 Staff, www.aljazeera.com Resist! Türkiye

Turkish riot police have fired water cannon to disperse thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Istanbul trying to observe a memorial for four people killed during recent anti-government protests. In Istanbul, Turkey's biggest city, demonstrators threw carnations at a phalanx of officers carrying shields who slowly advanced towards them, flanked by water cannon, to clear Taksim Square. "Police, don't betray your people!" activists shouted after they had been scattered into streets leading to the public square. An Associated Press news agency journalist said police drove back protesters into side streets off Taksim - including the main pedestrian shopping street Istiklal - and later fired several rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets to scatter the crowds who refused to disperse.

Support Health Professionals’ Right to Treat Protesters in Turkey

June 21, 2013 Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Educate! Health Care, Human Rights, Police abuse, Türkiye

Police raided the makeshift infirmaries, confiscated all safety and health supplies and arrested three physicians. In response, doctors went on strike and marched through the streets in solidarity with their colleagues. They call on the international community to demand that the Turkish Government respect their right to medical neutrality, to treat all who need care no matter who they are or why they are injured and to respect their oath to protect the privacy and best interests of their patients. The World Medical Association released a letter of support. Physicians in the US also send their support and call on others to join them.

Amnesty International Calls for Protest Outside Turkish Embassy in DC on Monday

June 21, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Organize! Solidarity, Türkiye

Protest in Washington DC Outside the Turkish Embassy. Since May 31, about two thousand protesters in Turkey have been victims of tear gas, water cannons, and excessive force by the Turkish police., Help their voices be heard. Amnesty International is calling anyone and everyone to protest with us outside the Turkish Embassy, 2525 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington D.C., Monday, June 24 from 5 PM to 6 PM

Assemblies Emerging in Turkey: A Lesson in Democracy

June 20, 2013 Jerome Roos, www.roarmag.org Organize! Corporatism, Democracy, Türkiye

Something quite amazing is happening in Istanbul. In addition to the silent “standing man” actions around the country, people’s assemblies are slowly starting to emerge in different neighborhoods across the city. As in Spain, Greece and the Occupy encampments before, the protesters in Turkey are starting to counter-pose their own form of direct democracy to the sham of a democracy proposed by Erdogan’s authoritarian neoliberal state. If there was ever any doubt, this shows how deeply intertwined the global struggles truly are. As the state launches its merciless witch hunt on protesters, activists and Tweeters, thousands of people are starting to gather in dignity in various public spaces.

Turkey Announces Plans ‘For Gas’ and Cyber Security

June 20, 2013 Staff, www.rt Organize! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Human Rights, Türkiye

Turkey has announced plans to purchase 100,000 gas bomb cartridges and launch a central cyber security agency, local media report. This comes after protests across the country which also saw a series of attacks on government’s websites. The order for the 100,000 new cartridges will be accompanied by an order for 60 water cannon vehicles, the daily local newspaper Milliyet reported, also stating that the excessive use of gas bomb cartridges meant that Turkish riot police used up some 130,000 units across the space of a mere 20 days.

In Crackdown on Dissent, Turkey Detains Press, Raids Outlet

June 20, 2013 Staff, www.cpj.org Organize! Human Rights, Türkiye

Two journalists were detained and one newsroom raided this week as Turkish authorities continued a broad crackdown on dissent, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the government to halt its obstruction of journalists seeking to cover the protests that have swept the nation. "Turkish authorities are at a crossroads. They can follow a path of growing authoritarianism or they can choose instead to tolerate public dissent and critical press coverage," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said from New York. "It is not too late for the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to do the right thing."

Global Revolution Report: Turkey Protests Viral

June 19, 2013 Global Revolution, www.spanishrevolution11.wordpress.com Resist! Türkiye

The government obviously has no idea how to handle the uprising. They tried brutal repression. They brought out the National Guard, they are making massive arrests, they menace to bring in the army and declare martial law. All to no avail. The resistance is spreading like wildfire. After the eviction of Gezi Park, popular assemblies are popping up everywhere and multiplying by the day. Yesterday, the Beşiktaş Assembly in Abbasaga park tripled its amount of participants. In total there were ten popular assemblies going on in Istanbul alone.

Turkish Unions Strike Again, Bolstering Call for Government to Resign

June 18, 2013 Samantha Winslow, www.labornotes.org Resist! Human Rights, Türkiye, Worker Rights and Jobs

At the end of last week there was talk of compromise as the Turkish prime minister offered to halt construction of a shopping mall in Gezi Park to placate demonstrators. But that’s too little, too late, labor groups said: However, this is not sufficient for people. If government had stated this 20 days ago, this might be a solution. However, in this 20 days, 5 people died, almost 7,000 people were injured. 15 people lost their eyes. There are 50 heavily injured people. Thousands of people were taken under custody. In all cities millions poured to the streets demanding resignation of the government. The number of people joined this mobilization is estimated to be as almost 10 million by press but this may be higher.

Turkey: Doctors Strike After Colleagues Arrested

June 18, 2013 Lonna Lisa Williams, www.digitaljournal.com Resist! Health Care, Human Rights, Türkiye

Today in Turkey, doctors walked off the job to protest the police violence against protesters and the arrest of doctors in Istanbul. Turkish doctors are wearing black, and they are not found in hospitals or clinics (except a few who remain in emergency rooms). They are striking to show their solidarity with fellow doctors who were arrested in Istanbul on Saturday, June 15 after police drove protesters from Gezi Park, using water canons and pepper spray. "The doctors were only trying to help the protesters by giving them emergency medical aid in the clinic set up inside the Divan Hotel," one witness told me. "The police marched right into the five-star hotel and arrested these doctors dressed in white lab coats. They were led off with their hand behind them, handcuffed."

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