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The initial protests in Istanbul at the end of May were led by about 50 environmentalists,[47] opposing the replacement of Taksim Gezi Park with a reconstruction of the historic Taksim Military Barracks (demolished in 1940) possibly housing a shopping mall. The protests developed into riots when a group occupying the park was attacked with tear gas and water cannons by police.[48] The subjects of the protests then broadened beyond the development of Taksim Gezi Park into wider anti-government demonstrations.[49][50] The protests also spread to other cities in Turkey, and protests were seen in other countries with significant Turkish communities, including European countries, the U.S. and elsewhere.[51] Protesters took to Taksim Square in Istanbul and to streets in Ankara[1] as well as Bursa, Antalya, Eskişehir, İzmir, Edirne, Mersin, Adana, İzmit, Konya, Kayseri, Samsun, Antakya,[52] Trabzon, Isparta,[29] Tekirdağ, Bodrum,[53] and Mardin.[54] The hashtag #OccupyGezi trended in the social media.[55] On 3 June unions announced strikes for 4 and 5 June.[56] Some Turkish-American supporters of the protests took a full page advertisement in the New York Times on 7 June co-created and crowd-funded within days by thousands of people on the Internet.[57]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_protests_in_Turkey



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Five trade unions are set to begin today a nationwide demonstration campaign and one-day strike following the harsh police intervention in Taksim the night of June 15, daily Hürriyet has reported.

The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK), the Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (KESK), the Turkish Doctors' Union (TTB), the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) and the Turkish Dentists Union (TDHB) have called on workers to take to the streets in a joint decision.

"The ruling Justice and Development Party [AKP] government has launched an offensive against the nation, who refuse to give up their rights and freedoms by staging an insistent resistance," the group said in a statement.

The members of the unions will stop working on June 17 except for emergency cases and will march to their cities' centers.

The group has also asked for tolerance because of the disruption and also demanded the support of the people in the squares for a more "egalitarian, free and democratic Turkey."

The members of the five syndicates that will begin demonstrations as of today could reach "hundreds of thousands," according to a KESK official.

"We will take the streets using our power of production," said the general secretary of DİSK, Kani Beko.

"KESK members will go to their workplaces tomorrow, they will read a statement, and they will take to the streets," KESK General Secretary İsmail Hakkı Tombul said.

June/16/2013

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/five-turkish-trade-unions-begin-nationwide-demonstrations-with-one-day-strike.aspx?pageID=517&nID=48920&NewsCatID=347
Police arresting the lawyers who have been defending the rights of arrested protestors (around 3000)

Police arresting the doctors who have been treating the protestors that have been wounded as a result of police violence

This man is now reported dead:





police shooting water cannons onto people who are sitting by the sea:


police beating young people that are sitting in the park who are unrelated to the protests:
the anonymous support for the protests:


Many government sites and akp sites have been hacked after this video, but the hacking didn't go on as the protestors said that they don't want to damage the civil properties.
tayyip confessing that he wants to hang protestors (or rather people who are tweeting)

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