İnsanları sürekli birtakım kalıplara sığdırmaya uğraşırsanız onları asıl sizler bölmüş olursunuz, ne Tayyip Erdoğan'a ne "Occupy" ne de başka örgütlere gerek kalmaz bu durumda... Ben Ateist değilim.. fakat olabilirdim. Ateist olana da, Kabalist olana da saygım en az "Elhamdullillah Müslümanim" diyenlere olduğu kadar çoktur. Bu saygıyı da askıya almak zorunda kaldığım nokta ise beni kendi inançlarına çekmek için proproganda yapmaya başladıkları nokta olur. Bu hissim ne hristiyan, ne müslüman, ne putperest için değişmez. Ben senin inancına saygılı olmak için elimden geleni yaparım...
Ama sen bunu suistimal edip beni inanmadığım halde çarşaflara mahkum edeceksen, veya senin dininde et-balık vs. yemek yasak diye beni vejeteryan olmaya zorlayacaksan (bazı hindu dinlerinde sırf domuz değil, hayvan eti tümden yasaktır mesela), ya da "alkol, seks haram" deyip beni tadında keyif almayi bildiğim ve belki vazgeçmek istemeyeceğim hayatın bazı ufak tefek zevklerinden bir bir mahrum bırakacaksan o noktada sana olan saygımı kaybedersin... Çünkü haram dediğin de günah dediklerin de senin inancin. Benim değil.
Please spread the word about what's going on here in Turkey... We need all the international news coverage we can get on this issue.. (twitter: #occupygezi...)
Just like I had last night, I thought I would try distributing masks (unfortunately not gas masks, but those bought from a hardware store) and water to the brave protesters walking and surviving along Barbaros Bulvari, Akaretler and in the roads that remained open in the direction of Taksim tonight. Police had shut down the main road with barricades and they were attacking the crowds with gas and gassed water in order to get them to scatter into less populated side-roads, where other cops dressed to blend in with civilians could also gas and trap them from both sides, so they would have nowhere to run… there were too many cops dressed as civilians in order to trick people to separate from the large groups possibly so they can be detained and beat up more easily and without witnesses. I witnessed one civilian cop step out of the dark blue car in front of me, open his trunk and start shooting with a gun that seemed to be loaded with gas. (The containers in the trunk were cylinder shaped and had light blue and orange stickers/packaging but I can’t say for certain if they were “Agent Orange” like some people have been saying it might be)
I had to sit there and watch him attack people, since he was blocking the road. When I grabbed my phone thinking I should at least get a picture of this, two uniformed officers that had at least 10 more (in close range) as back-up started hitting my car, signaling me to move along. Maybe they didn’t say “Don’t take photos, if you do you’ll be sorry” but their actions spoke volumes and I was too scared to even attempt to take those pictures I was contemplating…
Right in front of my eyes, cops that were conveniently protected with shields, and gas masks were forcing the large groups of protestors to scatter in all directions where other cops dressed like civilians helped trap them and keep them under fire from both directions… The only crime these kids had committed was to show up in Besiktas carrying Turkish flags while wearing masks to reduce exposure to the tear gas that has been fired almost non-stop over the last couple days. The sad thing is, I noticed that a lot of the street lights had been turned off, probably by the powers that be… so that our phone cameras won’t be able to capture most of what’s going on in the area… It seems they don’t want us to have proof of what the government is doing to its own citizens… They want to be able to say where’s your proof and since it’s too dark to capture anything without a professional camera and maybe even a camera crew and lights, the government thinks they can deny what’s happening. Please, lets all share our personal experiences with people that aren’t as familiar with social media. Let’s tell them what’s happening out there since our media refuses to. Lets have everyone talk about their personal experiences so our voices can be heard all over the world. Maybe then, “certain people” will finally understand HE CAN NOT SHUT US UP, HE WILL NOT SHUT US DOWN!
Berrak Bora
Just like I had last night, I thought I would try distributing masks (unfortunately not gas masks, but those bought from a hardware store) and water to the brave protesters walking and surviving along Barbaros Bulvari, Akaretler and in the roads that remained open in the direction of Taksim tonight. Police had shut down the main road with barricades and they were attacking the crowds with gas and gassed water in order to get them to scatter into less populated side-roads, where other cops dressed to blend in with civilians could also gas and trap them from both sides, so they would have nowhere to run… there were too many cops dressed as civilians in order to trick people to separate from the large groups possibly so they can be detained and beat up more easily and without witnesses. I witnessed one civilian cop step out of the dark blue car in front of me, open his trunk and start shooting with a gun that seemed to be loaded with gas. (The containers in the trunk were cylinder shaped and had light blue and orange stickers/packaging but I can’t say for certain if they were “Agent Orange” like some people have been saying it might be)
I had to sit there and watch him attack people, since he was blocking the road. When I grabbed my phone thinking I should at least get a picture of this, two uniformed officers that had at least 10 more (in close range) as back-up started hitting my car, signaling me to move along. Maybe they didn’t say “Don’t take photos, if you do you’ll be sorry” but their actions spoke volumes and I was too scared to even attempt to take those pictures I was contemplating…
Right in front of my eyes, cops that were conveniently protected with shields, and gas masks were forcing the large groups of protestors to scatter in all directions where other cops dressed like civilians helped trap them and keep them under fire from both directions… The only crime these kids had committed was to show up in Besiktas carrying Turkish flags while wearing masks to reduce exposure to the tear gas that has been fired almost non-stop over the last couple days. The sad thing is, I noticed that a lot of the street lights had been turned off, probably by the powers that be… so that our phone cameras won’t be able to capture most of what’s going on in the area… It seems they don’t want us to have proof of what the government is doing to its own citizens… They want to be able to say where’s your proof and since it’s too dark to capture anything without a professional camera and maybe even a camera crew and lights, the government thinks they can deny what’s happening. Please, lets all share our personal experiences with people that aren’t as familiar with social media. Let’s tell them what’s happening out there since our media refuses to. Lets have everyone talk about their personal experiences so our voices can be heard all over the world. Maybe then, “certain people” will finally understand HE CAN NOT SHUT US UP, HE WILL NOT SHUT US DOWN!
Berrak Bora
