* This mail was posted by me last sunday but it's rejected because of length;
so, trying again in 2 parts *
Dear Friends,
As I'm the one and only active LiveCode user in Turkey, I feel that the duty to
inform you is on my shoulders.
I was in the very center of the protests for several days & nights, severely
beaten by police and injured because of their toxic gas
and therefore I was away from the internet and forums and this user-list.
It's early in the morning here in Istanbul, I'm dead tired but I feel obliged
to write these sentences.
This was the one and single biggest uprising in my country since 40 years.
A protest without a leader, without an organization, without a politic
movement, without vandalism!
This was a civil protest to protect our trees {yes, just a couple of trees in a
small park in the center square of Istanbul}…
The authorities decided to cut down 600 trees which are 40 to 80 years old to
build a mall despite the court order not-to.
We went there and hugged the trees.
Lied under their shadows.
Read books to the police officers.
Offered them our water and snacks.
But after 3 days {on May 31st, Friday}, they {police ordered by government}
decided to water cannon and pepper spray us
and burned our tents without prior warning and without any reason!!!
Our baby children was with us; they didn't care.
We didn't throw them stones, we didn't swear or curse; they didn't care.
We were hundreds but after the incident, thousands came by to support us.
Police's reaction to that {crowd gathering to support} was brutal, absolutely
brutal and merciless, all night.
But we were not alone.
Next morning {Jun 1st, Saturday}, nearly 50 thousand came from all over
Istanbul.
Police's reaction got harsher, few words exist to describe their hatred to us
and I'm not that good in English, sorry :/
But then, in all cities of Turkey, uprisings begun.
Police's reaction got more and more and more harsh.
I don't know how this will end up.
But, we won't leave our trees and our rights alone.
No, it's not a *Turkish Spring(!)*.
Because, this is not a political movement.
This is a total civil protest.
Yes, there are 3 or 4 cars damaged and one shop glass broken.
Cars were police vehicles left alone and the shop belonged to the mayor of city
of Istanbul.
There are a couple lumpens & hooligans among us who don't belong to this
community.
We tried and mostly succeed to prevent them doing such things.
I, for one, extinguished two fires and prevent a big painting getting stolen
from France Consulate's outer wall.
Thus, I think I can say there wasn't any vandalism for such a big uprising
spread among many cities...
The government is still stubborn and our media {all, I mean, all TV's and
newspapers} is dead silent.
There were beauty pageants and *the most weird cat in the world* documentaries
and cheap soap operas in the TV channels
because of their fear from government.
Please think,
what would your media's reaction if hundreds of thousands of people were
attacked by police for days and nights, in Times Square?
Well, I leave it to your imagination.
* end of part 1 *
Ender Nafi
~… together, we're smarter & stronger …~
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