Announcement by the Revolutionary Anarchist Action (Devrimci Anarşist Faaliyet, DAF): Against the State and police terror: Our rage is growing, so does our struggle! The ongoing occupation of Taksim Square and Gezi Park was attacked by the police this morning (June 11th, 2013). After the meeting of the council of […]
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On June 8th, in İstanbul, Çarşı group gathered at approximately 7pm in the district of Beşiktaş and marched to Taksim Square. They have also hanged this banner from the Atatürk Cultural Centre, in Taksim (Optik, pictured on the banner, is a man that formed Çarşı and gave Beşiktaş sport club’s […]
The TV channel CNNtürk broadcasted a documentary about penguins at the same time that thousands of people were clashing out on the streets, so somebody made this video to mock them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRZJhszz-6Q In the morning of June 3rd, after two days of heavy clashes in the district of Beşiktaş, police […]
Banner on Lesvos Island (opposite Turkish shores): ‘Solidarity with the rebels in Turkey’ On June 1st we were in Taksim at about 3pm. After clashes that started in the morning, police was forced to leave the area. The cops disappeared for some hours. For two hours there was no police […]
faşizme karşı omuz omuza / stand shoulder-to-shoulder against fascism hükümet istifa / government, resign katil Erdoğan / murderer Erdoğan Taksim bizim, İstanbul bizim / Taksim is ours, Istanbul is ours direne direne kazanacağız / we will win by resisting her yer Taksim, her yer direniş / everywhere is Taksim, resistance […]
Please contribute info from the streets. The occupation of Taksim Gezi Park in İstanbul began on May 28th, 2013. Following the police raid in the park area on May 30th, hackers from the RedHack sabotaged the website of the Beyoglu police headquarters in response to the morning attack. The occupation […]
It is the third day of occupation of Taksim Gezi Park in İstanbul. The protest camp started when construction vehicles entered the park and tried to pull out the trees. Government wants to build a shopping mall at the location of the park. So, many people are camping in Taksim […]
May 1st – İstanbul: In 1977, 36 workers were murdered at the Taksim square and the Turkish government forbid demonstrations at the same square. In 2007, the “1 may platform” announced that they will be in Taksim square to commemorate the 36 workers that were killed 30 years ago. In […]
On the morning of November 6th, 2012 three anarchist high-school students were taken into police custody in front of İsmail Erez Industrial Vocational High School in Istanbul, while they were passing out fliers against vocational training. Cops beat the three comrades and forced them into patrol cars. In previous months, […]
On Thursday, October 4th, 2012 thousands of people took to the streets of İstanbul and raised the voice of peace against global capitalists’ aims in Middle East. The war politics of the Turkish State continue unobstructed, not only in the current war with Syria, but also in the 30-year hostilities […]
On Tuesday the 12th of June, in solidarity with imprisoned Anarchists in Istanbul, comrades from Faslane Peace Camp in Scotland dropped a banner in front of the camp. It runs alongside a busy road which leads to Faslane Naval Base (home to the UK’s nuclear submarine fleet). This solidarity action […]
Nearly 150 protesters participated in the evening demonstration that was called by the Antifascist Initiative of Mytilini on June 1st, in the major city of Lesvos Island. Many texts were shared out, including flyposting, antifascist slogans were chanted, while walls were painted with graffiti and stencils along the route. There […]