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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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Where Are the Occupy Protesters Now?
Social media makes it easier and cheaper to build movements quickly – but bypassing the business of creating decision-making infrastructure means they can disappear just as fast.
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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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May Day Protests Staged Worldwide, with Police Clashes in Turkey and Cambodia
May Day demonstrators denounced low wages in rallies that got violent in Cambodia and Turkey, as others marched peacefully in Russia, Philippines, Malaysia, Iran, Iraq and elsewhere decrying government corruption.
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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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Speaking of Resistance, The Gezi Park Forums Have Spread Across Turkey
The June 15 police crackdown that violently pushed protesters out of Gezi park has given occasion to organize more elaborate “forums” and “people’s assemblies” in dozens of public parks of Istanbul and across Turkey.
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The End of the End of History – And Why the Era of Revolutions Is Upon Us
The ambiguity of the current revolutions is neither a postmodern novelty nor something that we should too hastily wish to disappear.
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Protesting From Afar, Turks in Berlin Stand With Gezi Occupiers
To show solidarity in the weeks since protesters flooded Gezi Park in Istanbul, Berlin's Turkish population has been marching, demonstrating and sitting-in to protest a government they feel is aiming to sever democratic rights in their homeland.
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The Man Who Can't Be Moved
Dubbed "Standing Man," Erdem Gunduz, who stood still for hours in Istanbul's Taksim Square, attracted droves of people as he marked a new form of protest.
