We Lost Ali!

Ali Ismail Korkmaz, a 19 year old university student was attacked by "unidentified" perpetrators on 2nd of June, after running away from the police attack to a peaceful protest in Eskisehir. From that day to this he was in coma.

We lost him today.

He was killed by the "heroes of the Prime Minister", as Erdogan chooses to define the "unidentified".

Whether the police or the "White Youth" of Erdogan killed him, the peoples of Turkey know who the real murderers are.

"Those who died,
                        died in fight;
                                        were buried to the sun.
We have no time to mourn for them!

                        There is a raid
                                         a raid to the sun!
                        We will conquer the sun
                                        seizure is imminent!

                                                                               Nâzim Hikmet

Introducing the Turkish Police - 1 - TOMA

TOMA

The abbreviation for "Social Intervention Vehicle".

For those who are not familiar with what the Turkish police utilizes, besides resorting the primitive means of torture, we introduce you one of the easiest vehicles to operate to disperse the crowds. Furthermore, not knowing what exactly a "social intervention" is, we recommend you some footage showing how these vehicles are put into operation.

Here are some features of TOMA.

• Water Cannon System
• 60 m water stream range
• 3 different operational modes: short/long/continuous pulse
• Different combinations of water, dye, tear gas and foam mixtures
• Vehicle Protection Systems
• High ballistic protection
• Cabin protection against tear gas
• Bulldozer
• CCTV system, video recorder system
• Protection Cages
• Fire ertinguishing foam nozzles

Also you can run people over with it, if you are a salaried monkey.

Or else, pose for the cameras:

Sometimes their pour acid in it and claim it to be "medicine".

Or to water cannon the handicapped!

Or just to express their hatred to the people.

But guys, don't get demoralized no TOMA can stand before the anger of the people. We introduce you the POMA (Intervention Vehicle to the Police):

And another invention, People's TOMA, aka TOMA-HALK:

[Updated] New Arrests in Ankara

[10.56] The prosecutor did not allow the families to see their children. Families are now heading towards the prison to see them for the last time.

[10.55] "The Reckoning Day Will Be Horrifying for You!" chants the families and the friends of the arrestees, as they are being sent to prison.

[10.50] Arrestees are now being sent to the Sincan F Type Prison.

[08.30] Reports indicate that the number of police officers in the courtyard of the Ankara Courthouse is doubled.

[08.35] Urgent Call from Kazova Tekstil Workers!! 

"We, as Kazova Tekstil workers have just occupied our factory. We call for our people and the press to come here to support us!"

[08.30] 3 arrests in Adana, are being reported.

[08.15] Families and friends of the arrestees are still waiting in the courtyard of the Ankara Courthouse to see their children one last time before they are sent to the Sincan F Type Prison.

[07.45] The police is filming the families and friends of the arrestees gathered in front of the Ankara Courthouse.

[07.40] The Turkish police smiles in front of the families of the arrestees, right after 13 has been arrested!

The families of the arrestees chant, "The Murderers Will Face the Reckoning!"


[07.30] Out of 19 who stood trial: 13 has been arrested, 5 released on parole, 1 release in Ankara without any tangible evidence.

Total number of arrestees reached 35 in total, in Ankara.

Live Stream from the Ankara Courthouse: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ankaraeylemvakti

The Flame of Our Hearts Will Melt the Prison Walls Down!

Will be updated!

22nd of June Tens of Thousands Gather in Taksim Square, Police Attack With Water Cannons [Updated]

Police Attack Taksim Square Update:

21:37 Police have attacked the crowd assembled near Harbiye.

Groups of police are holding the entrances to the square. They are not letting anyone inside.

The past days of the week, Istanbul had been relatively peaceful since the police stopped their attacks on the people. Today, thousands gathered in Taksim Square, to commemorate those who were murdered by the police over the past couple of weeks.

The crowd placed red carnations in Gezi Park and the monument in Taksim.

Later, around 20:40 the police attacked with water cannons – surprisingly- without gas. The people have moved to Istiklal Street and Siraselviler Street, still waiting to reclaim their square.

Will be updated.

Why I Broke This Billboard? [Video with English Subtitles]

While the ongoing protests throughout Turkey have lead to 4 deaths and nearly 8,000 people being injured, the state authorities are constantly talking about "X number of billboards broken, Y number of cars burnt etc."

Here is a video by the looters and marginals of Ankara regarding the subject.

[Video]Brazilian People Hit the Streets.

Reports indicate that hundreds of thousands of people occupied the streets and the Congress in the capital city of Brazil, Rio de Janerio.

Will be updated!

Solidarity Message from Subcomandante Marcos

To the all citizens of the world,

Fellows, Sisters, Women, Men, Homeless People, Poor People,

They asked us how many people the Zapatas are and we told them there are hundreds of thousands out there who are fighting for their rights and freedoms. Now today, we hear that on the Anatolian lands, the land of Turks, Kurds, Circassians, Armenians, the Lazs, and many more than i can count, thousands of masked people who wants to live in honor are hailing for freedom. Like Kurdish fellows who were in an honorable fight. We knew that we were not alone, there were millions of us out there and we weren’t alone since we have started fighting. Today, we see that we are increasing. We hear that people in Turkey shout out “Ya Basta!” and they are in a riot to defend their honor against to the oppressive ruling of Turkish government. The Great Istanbul, the capital of masters throughout history, is now the capital of riot, and it has become the voice of oppressed ones. We see that on the streets of the great Istanbul are now the capital of women, children, men, homosexuals, Kurds, Armenians, Christians and Muslims. The ones who have been humiliated, oppressed, ignored for decades by their government are now saying “We Are Here.” We are thrilled!

We have never wanted a new governance, a new government or a new prime minister. We just asked for respect. We wanted the goverment to respect our requests of freedom, democracy and justice. People of Turkey are demanding for these and resisting for days: Now starting from the ingoing goverment, and all the governments who are going to be in charge, we want you to respect our requests of freedom, democracy and justice! And if you don’t do that, we, who are the owners of rights and freedoms, will stand against you, we’ll fight on the streets until you learn to respect. We don’t want too much, we just want you to respect our rights. Because we know how we want to live, we know well how we want to govern and be governed. We want to govern ourself and decide about ourself.

And we are greeting people of Turkey who are fighting for an honorable life from here, and we want to tell that the fire of riot has warmed Chiapas. Solidarity with the ones who saved the history from past and future and moved to present.

Solidarity to the free people of Taksim,
Solidarity to the EZLN,

United we stand,

Resist!