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New Turkish Film Frames Gezi Resistance as a Western-Organized Conspiracy
A Turkish blockbuster film released in February ties Gezi Park, Turkey's 2013 corruption scandal and the government’s open war with the Gülenist movement as a Western-organized conspiracy to deny Turkey’s rightful place as a global power.
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From #TakeTheSquare To São Paulo’s #FreeYourPark: The Commons Are Coming
There was a time when the occupied square was the world – and the Augusta Park actions now happening in São Paulo, Brazil - open a new phase based on a vision of the commons.
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Squats of Istanbul: After Gezi, The Fight Continues Over Public Space
Istanbul is experiencing acute growing pains as explosive growth devours public spaces while doing nothing to stifle rising rents throughout the city.
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Occupying Public Spaces and Democratized Dialogue: Protests in the 21st Century
The worldwide protest sentiment is not going away anytime soon.
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Turkish Society Stands By Its Miners As Erdogan's Power Slips Further
When a disaster at the Soma coal mine claimed the lives of more than 300 workers, the prime minister dismissed the tragedy as the cost of doing business – and the nation appears to have heard enough.
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Exclusive: Creator of Gezi Park Protest's Animated Film "Tornistan/Backward Run" Speaks Out
"People expected an apology from the government, but instead of an apology they got even more violence. Then everything changed. People formed a wall of flesh in 24 hours. Millions of people were fighting against the police unarmed."
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This Is What Happens When You Try To Kill A Park
In June, a peaceful, highly innovative and organized community sprang to life in a matter of days to preserve Istanbul's Gezi Park.
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Global Unrest Defines a Fearless Summer of Protest
The summer of 2013 has seen some of the largest, most vocal mass protests around the world since 2011, as people people exercised power through occupations, strikes and blockades from Frankfurt to Istanbul, and Rio to Sanford, Florida.
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Retaliation Campaign in Turkey As Erdogan Punishes Protesters
In the aftermath of the Gezi Park protests that rocked Istanbul and spread last month across Turkey, activists are being locked up, journalists bullied and demonstrators persecuted.
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The Occupy Gezi you didn't see on the main stream Media
Aerial Footage of Taksim Gezi Park on Friday Jun 7th, 2013
