"Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true."
~ Jacques-Henri Lartigue.
~ Jacques-Henri Lartigue.
Here's a selection of photos from protests against the international conspiracy that led to Öcalan's capture ten years ago. One photo comes from the AP and the rest from Özgür Gündem (more here) and Fırat News (more here: http://www.firatnews.com/gallery/index.php?rupel=mal ).
This is an AP photo (Murad Sezer), seized from Yahoo News, of Kurdish youth in İstanbul. The caption also described them as throwing "missiles" at a police armored vehicle. I don't know . . . they look more like bricks than missiles to me.
The Kurdish capital, Amed (Diyarbakır)
Amed, in front of the mayor's office.
Amed.
Amed.
Amed.
Cizîr (Cizre)
Cizîr.
Êlih (Batman).
Êlih.
İzmir.
İzmir.
Qendîl.
Qendîl.
Farqîn (Silvan).
Farqîn.
Wan (Van).
Strasbourg.
Strasbourg.
Strasbourg.
Strasbourg.
Strasbourg.According to Özgür Gündem, 394 people, including women and children, were taken into custody during the weekend protests and 70 people, including police, were injured.
In Êlih, 80 people were taken into custody (including 40 children) and dozens were injured.
In Şirnex (Şırnak) and its district, 49 people were detained and four arrested. A 16-year-old in Hezex (İdil) lost an eye due to a police tear gas cannister (the left eye, while the boy was working in the garden of his family's house). Four police and more than eight people were injured.In Mêrdîn (Mardin) district, 69 people were taken into custody. Six police were injured as were more than eight other people.
In Amed, 38 people, including children, were taken into custody. Three police and 23 other people were injured.
In Sêrt (Siirt), 12 people were taken into custody and more than 10 people were injured, including police.
In Mersîn (Mersin) district, 17 people were taken into custody and one woman was injured.
In Adana district, 35 people were taken into custody.
In Wan, 20 people were taken into custody and six people, including three children, are still in detention. Three people were hurt during the protests.
In Colemêrg (Hakkari), seven people were taken into custody and 17 people were injured, including nine police.
In Gewer (Yüksekova), 23 people were taken into custody, with 11 released. Twelve people remain in custody. Two children were injured during the protests.
İstanbul saw ongoing demonstrations for two days. 44 people were taken into custody and 38 people released. Six people remain in custody and one person was injured.
From the Not-To-Be-Missed Department: Hevallo has a video post of the ever-courageous Eren Keskin and her work in defense of, not only Kurdish, but all women of Turkey. Trust me; if it's Eren Keskin, it's going to be great.
2 comments:
Regarding the illusionary threats against Besikci:
http://www.yeniozgurpolitika.com/?bolum=yazi&yid=6428
Thanks for the link, Anonymous. I will use it soon. I recently, like at the end of last week, found something about Besikci by Adil Kurtay on OG. I hope to do some work on that soon and then I'll try to work in your link.
The funny thing is that in his article on OG, Adil Kurtay speaks of Besikci repeatedly as "hocamiz Ismail Besikci." The entire thing is extremely respectful, which is the attitude that I would expect from an apocu, especially an HPG apocu.
Now, when I get that done, let's see if the fat mouths, who are ALWAYS JUMPING at the chance to dis HPG, pick it up and issue the due corrections.
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