detention orders have been issued for journalists: yasin akgül, zeynep kuray, hayri tunç, kurtuluş arı, gökhan kam, and bülent kılıç.

#erdogan jails whoever speaks a word against him

#turkey #turkeyprotests #journalist

ankara, middle east technical university, the classrooms are all empty following the general students' strike.

#turkey #turkeyprotests #protests #turkiye

@nevsinmengu:

"the oldest among the detained students is 22 years old. i spoke with their lawyers. some of the very young ones cried when the decision to detain them was made. the lawyer conveyed that while trying to comfort the children, the police officers also had tears in their eyes."

#turkey

statement on the arrest of ekrem imamoğlu in türkiye
ekrem imamoğlu - déclaration sur l’arrestation d'ekrem imamoğlu en turkiye.

#turkiye #turkeyprotests @Soc_Intl

özgür özel:

"you erdoğan, if you have the guts, then broadcast live on trt* the prosecutor's questions and 'president' ekrem's answers from the trial you set up against him."

* turkish state television

#turkey #turkeyprotests #protests #turkiye

özgür özel:

"i am addressing the governor of istanbul. before everyone gets home, while my fellow parliamentarians are here, and i am on top of this car, pepper spray me too if you have the guts!''

''if you spray gas on a young person or shoot a single plastic bullet, shame on you''

#turkey

chp general chairman özgür özel announced that the nightly meetings at saraçhane would conclude as of today.

​''the 8:30 pm meetings at saraçhane will conclude, but saraçhane will transition to a different format.'' (1/3)

#turkey #turkeyprotest #protests

özgür özel, the leader of opposition party CHP in #türkiye:

"secularism is the guarantee that türkiye will not become syria, afghanistan or iran. türkiye is secular and will remain secular!"

a young man who joined the #turkeyprotests in ankara, kızılay, reads erdoğan's book; "a more just world is possible" in front of the police barricade. irony at its peak.