From Taksim Square and Beyond

Con­ver­sa­tion with a Turk­ish Pro­test­er about the caus­es, dynam­ics and future of recent upris­ings Laal­tain: How come a small protest against gov­ern­men­t’s deci­sion to con­struct shop­ping mall in a park turn into such a mas­sive phe­nom­e­non? İpek*[i]: Turn­ing point, which is 31st of May, was quite unex­pect­ed. First cou­ple of days was a nor­mal protest. […]