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The revolution will be tweeted… in Turkish
(Source: pic.twitter.com/WJjm2Ldd8W) It was scrawled on a white wall this weekend, then promptly uploaded to Twitter: “The revolution will not be televised, it will be tweeted.” This update of Gil...
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Izmir police arrest 24 for using social media to “incite revolt”
Earlier today, Istanbul-based newspaper Radikal reported that 16 people in Izmir had been arrested for inciting social unrest via Twitter. DHA (Doğan News Agency) upped that number to 24 a little after...
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Turkish Medical Association casualty report: 3 deaths, multiple injuries
According to a June 8th status report from the Turkish Medical Association (Türk Tabipleri Birliği), three lives have been lost in the protests across Turkey. Full translation of the TTB’s trauma...
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Police crowd Taksim in morning operation
About an hour ago, Reuters reported that riot police had begun to gather around Taksim square. This came via a third-party report that has since been verified by about ten news outlets. It’s official:...
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Civics class at the dinner table
Jeno: So cities have mayors and governors. What’s the difference? Beko: The mayor is elected by the people, but the governor is appointed by the government. Jeno: What does the mayor do? Beko: I dunno....
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Governor of Istanbul told that Gezi Park is safe…not
On June 10th, Huseyin Avni Mutlu, the governor of Istanbul, tweeted these sentence: 10:37 PM – 10 Jun 13 GAYEMİZ ;Atatürk Heykeli, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi ve alan üzerindeki PANKART ve RESİMLERİ...
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Summary of Protests in Turkey
Protests in Turkey reached its third week. Along these three weeks, whole country witnessed the censor on media, police brutality, protests by thousands of protesters, deaths, injuries etc… Here is the...
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