Day 8
June 3, 2013
Police violence in Ankara continued the whole day. The first official statement of a dead is announced this day. Also the Union of Turkish doctors are stated that there are 1714 wounded people all around Turkey, of which some are injured seriously to the point of losing their vision. Clashes in Ankara and Beşiktaş was still continuing. It is officially clarified that a protestor, Abdullah Cömert (22), lost his life during the clashes in Hatay, Turkey. Another protestor, Mehmet Ayvalıtaş (20), lost his life in a car accident in İstanbul. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan went to Morocco in the context of his South Africa visits.
Taksim, İstanbul.
Taksim, İstanbul.
Taksim, İstanbul.
Journalist Uğur Dündar supporting the protests in Taksim, İstanbul.
"Alleluia if we demolish the mausoleum [of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk] after [Taksim] Gezi Park." (The head of the AKP youth wing. He has resigned after this statement.)
"There is 50 percent of [the country who voted for the ruling Justice and Development Party - AKP], and we can barely keep them at home [and prevent them from coming onto the streets for counter-protests]. But we have called on them to calm down." ‐ Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (At the press conference before Morocco flight.)
Some of the protesters are praying in Taksim, İstanbul.
Çatalca, İstanbul.
Crowd protesting the Starbucks shop in Kanyon mall for closing their doors to the injured protesters, in Levent, İstanbul.
Levent, İstanbul.
People protest Doğuş Media Group for not publishing the events related with the ongoing protests. (Maslak, İstanbul.)
Doğuş Media Group, Maslak, İstanbul.
Doğuş Media Group, Maslak, İstanbul.
Salacak, İstanbul.
Küçükyalı, İstanbul.
Bostancı, İstanbul.
Caddebostan, İstanbul.
Taksim, İstanbul.
Taksim, İstanbul.
A toy penguin amusing with the CNN Türk.
Makeshift tear gas mask by cling wraps. (The Atlantic)
View of Taksim from AKM. (The Atlantic)
A police officer helping a lady. (The Atlantic)
Maltepe, İstanbul.
Kadıköy, İstanbul.
İstanbul.
Beylikdüzü, İstanbul.
Gümüşsuyu, İstanbul.
Dolmabahçe, Beşiktaş, İstanbul.
Protesters walking from Beşiktaş to Taksim.
A protestor plays a saxaphones on the roadblokcs.
Gümüşsuyu, İstanbul.
Carrying stones to build a barricade. (The Atlantic)
A protestor texting via her mobile phone. (The Atlantic)
Police officer loading ammunition. (The Atlantic)
Police firing tear gas in Gümüşsuyu, İstanbul. (The Atlantic)
İnönü stadium in Beşiktaş, İstanbul.
A protestor in Gümüşsuyu, Beşiktaş, İstanbul. (The Atlantic)
Water in Gümüşsuyu, Beşiktaş, İstanbul. (The Atlantic)
Composer and pianist Fazıl Say. (İstanbul)
Mehmet Ayvalıtaş (20) has lost his life due to a car accident while walking with protesters in Ataşehir, İstanbul. (CNN Türk)
In other cities
Police violence in Ankara continued the whole day. The first official statement of a dead is announced this day. Also the Union of Turkish doctors are stated that there are 1714 wounded people all around Turkey, of which some are injured seriously to the point of losing their vision. Clashes in Ankara and Beşiktaş was still continuing. It is officially clarified that a protestor, Abdullah Cömert (22), lost his life during the clashes in Hatay, Turkey.
Riot police are moving to prime minister's office in Ankara. (The Atlantic)
Tunalı, Ankara, Turkey.
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
CHP parliament Emine Ülker Tarhan is affected by the excessive tear gas usage in Ankara, Turkey.
A vandalised municipality vehicle in Ankara, Turkey.
An injured police officer is getting carried by his colleague in Kızılay, Ankara, Turkey.
Water cannon against protestors. (The Atlantic)
Bahçeli, Ankara, Turkey.
Police forces in Ankara, Turkey cover the IDs on their helments.
Covered IDs on helments.
Tunalı, Ankara, Turkey.
"Passive resistance here." (Ankara, Turkey)"
Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Protesters in custody in İzmir, Turkey.
Buca, İzmir, Turkey.
Gündoğdu, İzmir, Turkey.
Gündoğdu, İzmir, Turkey.
Değirmendere, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Adana, Turkey.
Adana, Turkey.
A banner from Adana, Turkey: "Let there also be gas with banana flavour and smells cherry when gets fired."
A banner from Adana, Turkey critisizing the media.
Adana, Turkey.
Adana, Turkey.
Atatürk street in Adana, Turkey.
Protesters cleaning the park in Adana, Turkey.
Lüleburgaz, Kırklareli, Turkey.
Bursa, Turkey.
Karadeniz Ereğlisi, Turkey.
Atatürk Park, Balıkesir, Turkey.
Denizli, Turkey.
Eskişehir, Turkey.
Eskişehir, Turkey.
Saraçlar, Edirne, Turkey.
Kayseri, Turkey.
Kayseri, Turkey.
Özlem Çerçioğlu (Mayor of Aydın, Turkey) with journalists and artists.
"Do you want three children like me?" (Refering to the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's statement of "every parent should have at least three children".) (Aydın, Turkey)
During the chaos in Hatay, Abdullah Cömert (22) lost his life. (Sabah) Abdullah Cömert was the first of who lost their lives in the protests.
Tunceli, Turkey.
Tunceli, Turkey.
Tunceli, Turkey.
In the world
Fashion designers Dean and Dan Caten.
Berlin, Germany.
Facebook page of the Radiohead vocalist Thom Yorke.
Courtesy of Gianluca Costantini. (See politicalcomics.info/occupygezi for high-resolution copies.)
By Gianluca Costantini.
By Gianluca Costantini.
By Gianluca Costantini.
Canada.