[Air-L] #occupygezi, #direnankara, #direngziparkı press release

[Burcu Bakioglu]

Hi Mutlu,
That link seems to be all in Turkish, here are some others that might be
insightful:

>From Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/turkish-protesters-control-istanbul-square(Love
the one liner from the PM: ""There is now a menace which is called
Twitter. The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media
is the worst menace to society."

>From HuffPo:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/03/turkey-protests-2013_n_3376928.html
>From Foreign Policy:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/06/01/here_s_what_you_need_to_know_about_the_clashes_in_turkey?page=0,0
Petition:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/condemn-actions-taken-against-peaceful-protesters-istanbul-turkey/zDGtGCDZ

Thanks!


On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 1:42 PM, F. Mutlu Binark <binark at baskent.edu.tr>wrote:

> Dear  All
> In Ankara the police opression and teargasing to the civilians still are
> continuing...Bsides sound bombs have been used in Ankara. I would like to
> share the press release of Alternative Informatics Assocation
>
> for more info: http://www.alternatifbilisim.org/wiki/Ana_Sayfa
>
> ALTERNATIVE INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION’S PRESS RELEASE
>
> On May 31 2013, state power /Turkish police has used disproportionate
> force against citizens protesting the the government’s decision to build a
> shopping centre at the expense of one of Istanbul’s most famous park Gezi
> Park.  Freedom of assembly and the right to express an opinion is a
> component of the constitutional and fundamental human rights and freedoms.
> Turkish citizens have used this right peacefully. But İstanbul police use
> disproportionate force. This situation means the violation of the
> fundamental rights written at the Constitution. Also this situation is the
> violation of UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European
> Convention on Human Rights and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights.
> We see that we are not living in a democratic society, we are living in a
> country that government uses tear gas against its citizens when they want
> to use their democratic rights. We condemn this violence. We announce to
> the public that at any kind of citizen response using tear gas is the
> signifier of the severity of a coercive and oppressive government.
> --
> Prof.Dr. Mutlu Binark
> Baskent Universitesi
> Iletisim Fakultesi
> Radyo-Tv. ve Sinema Blm.
> Bagl�ca Kampusu
> Eskisehir Yolu 20.km.
> 06530 Ankara
> Tel: (312) 246 6652-53
> Fax: (312) 246 66 57
> www.yenimedya.wordpress.com
> www.dijitaloyun.wordpress.com
> alternatifbilisim.tv
>
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Thanks,

Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media
Lawrence University

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