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Gezi Park Protest
Temporary occupation and protest movement in Istanbul
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TAG:
#climate
Founding year:
Jahr der Gründung:
2013
Time period:
time period:
May until July 2013
Place:
Ort:
Istanbul
Region:
Region:
Western Asia
Country:
Land:
Turkey
Location:
Location:
outdoors
Target Group:
Zielgruppe:
Citizens
Description
Description
Gezi Park is a four-hectare park in Istanbul and one of the few green spaces in the city. When the park was to be demolished in 2013 and a shopping centre built in its place, environmental activists began protesting in early May 2013. The protests and ultimately the prevention of the construction triggered a nationwide protest movement against the government in the summer of 2013. The protests were met with considerable violence by politicians and police: The police used water cannons and tear gas, the public order office set fire to the protesters' tent city spreading from Gezi Park to Taksim Square. The brutal crackdown on the movement was a catalyst that turned what had been a small protest into a nationwide mass movement. Throughout Turkey, people showed solidarity with the protesters and occupiers: Thousands lived and temporarily lived in the park, hundreds of thousands demonstrated in the streets.
Goals
Goals
The protests were not only for the preservation of trees, green spaces and accessibility of the city, but also for a democratic voice and freedom.
Outcomes
Outcomes
With the occupation of Gezi Park and the associated protests, Istanbul became the scene of an unprecedented public seizure of a central square, which was tenaciously defended, especially by a new generation. On 15 June 2013, the park was violently cleared by a large police force.
Initiators
Initiator*innen
Environmental activists, citizens
Responsible
Responsible
Further information
Further Information
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01_Taksim_Gezi_Park_protests_3rd_Jun_2013_Wikipedia

Protesters in Gezi Park on 3 June 2013. Photo: VikiPicture, License CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikipedia

 

02_Each_day_protestants_return_to_the_square_June_7_2013_Wikipedia

Protesters return to the square every day, 7 June 2013. Photo: Mstyslav Chernovhttp://mstyslav-chernov.com/, License CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikipedia

03_Taksim_square_cleaning_Events_of_June_16_2013_Wikipedia

Clearance of Gezi Park by riot police on 15/16 June 2013. Photo: Mstyslav Chernovhttp://mstyslav-chernov.com/, License CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikipedia

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