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

[Sky Croeser]

For those not in the US (and therefore not able to use the petition linked
to here), Amnesty has some suggestions about potential ways to help:
http://humanrightsturkey.org/2013/06/01/abuses-against-protestors-in-turkey-amnesty-calls-for-urgent-action/


On 3 June 2013 08:22, Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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