Another Erdoğan-coup.
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Video showing the size of protest in İstanbul against Erdoğan's current coup, while all demos, gatherings and press conferences are banned.
P.S...
That reached me via the Free Trade Union of Iran.
I have seen that dissident, social justice, feminist, labor/trade union, etc and also freedom guerrilla-related persons and organizations under the Iran-theocracy are following the events with expressions like rage and disgust at the police's pro-coup brutality and Erdoğan's violations.
You are not alone. Your freedom- and equality-minded neighbors are with you.More on that as "protests over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu spread across Turkey, the government has intensified its crackdown through mass detentions, protest bans, unlawful internet restrictions, and threats to independent media outlets"
https://medyanews.net/turkey-targets-journalists-politicians-and-lawyers-in-nationwide-post-protest-raids/ -
More on that as "protests over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu spread across Turkey, the government has intensified its crackdown through mass detentions, protest bans, unlawful internet restrictions, and threats to independent media outlets"
https://medyanews.net/turkey-targets-journalists-politicians-and-lawyers-in-nationwide-post-protest-raids/"Police violence intensifies during protests in Turkey following İmamoğlu’s arrest"
https://medyanews.net/police-violence-intensifies-during-protests-in-turkey-following-imamoglus-arrest/In line with Erdoğan's usual strategies, Erdoğan accuses others being the ones doing what Erdoğan and representatives are doing. This is a consistent longtime behavior.
"Erdogan says protests over jailing of Istanbul mayor are 'movement of violence'"
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world-news/845264/erdogan-says-protests-over-jailing-of-istanbul-mayor-are-39movement-of-violence39/en?src=rss&utm_source=TheWALL360&utm_medium=Rss-articles&utm_campaign=rss&utm_term=Rss -
"Police violence intensifies during protests in Turkey following İmamoğlu’s arrest"
https://medyanews.net/police-violence-intensifies-during-protests-in-turkey-following-imamoglus-arrest/In line with Erdoğan's usual strategies, Erdoğan accuses others being the ones doing what Erdoğan and representatives are doing. This is a consistent longtime behavior.
"Erdogan says protests over jailing of Istanbul mayor are 'movement of violence'"
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world-news/845264/erdogan-says-protests-over-jailing-of-istanbul-mayor-are-39movement-of-violence39/en?src=rss&utm_source=TheWALL360&utm_medium=Rss-articles&utm_campaign=rss&utm_term=RssA 21 minutes long livestream-recording of an anti-coup student-protest in İstanbul which ended 30 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmephYunAtY -
A 21 minutes long livestream-recording of an anti-coup student-protest in İstanbul which ended 30 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmephYunAtYÖzyeğin University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96zye%C4%9Fin_University) in İstanbul held a demo against Erdoğan's current coup:
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Özyeğin University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96zye%C4%9Fin_University) in İstanbul held a demo against Erdoğan's current coup:
Turkey's courts system order Elon Musk's eX-Twitter to block the very reputable independent press bianet's account "amid a wave of online censorship targeting hundreds of accounts covering the protests following the İstanbul mayor's arrest.
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X has complied with more than 700 requests from Turkish authorities to restrict accounts amid the protests since İmamoğlu’s arrest."
https://bianet.org/haber/turkish-court-orders-blocking-of-bianets-x-account-305802Note that neither eX-Twitter nor any of the other social media platforms which are headquartered outside Turkey actually HAVE to comply with Turkey's court orders, as they are under the jurisdiction of wherever they are registered (e.g. California, USA) unless they CHOOSE to have servers and/or office in Turkey.
If they don't have servers or office in Turkey, they are not operating in Turkey and thus it does not matter what Turkey's laws, etc would be. Turkey can then choose to block, which would lead to further protests, prestige-loss and tax-losses for the government.
However, eX-Twitter and others have CHOSEN to open an office in Turkey for the specific purpose of making themself subject to Turkey's courts, to aid the dictatorship, instead of taking the fight for proper free speech.
Same for all other places, like India, too of course. -
Turkey's courts system order Elon Musk's eX-Twitter to block the very reputable independent press bianet's account "amid a wave of online censorship targeting hundreds of accounts covering the protests following the İstanbul mayor's arrest.
[...]
X has complied with more than 700 requests from Turkish authorities to restrict accounts amid the protests since İmamoğlu’s arrest."
https://bianet.org/haber/turkish-court-orders-blocking-of-bianets-x-account-305802Note that neither eX-Twitter nor any of the other social media platforms which are headquartered outside Turkey actually HAVE to comply with Turkey's court orders, as they are under the jurisdiction of wherever they are registered (e.g. California, USA) unless they CHOOSE to have servers and/or office in Turkey.
If they don't have servers or office in Turkey, they are not operating in Turkey and thus it does not matter what Turkey's laws, etc would be. Turkey can then choose to block, which would lead to further protests, prestige-loss and tax-losses for the government.
However, eX-Twitter and others have CHOSEN to open an office in Turkey for the specific purpose of making themself subject to Turkey's courts, to aid the dictatorship, instead of taking the fight for proper free speech.
Same for all other places, like India, too of course.Current Turkey anti-coup protest livestreams:
Ankara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6p_aBtIznU
İzmir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV7q_PSXS5w -
Current Turkey anti-coup protest livestreams:
Ankara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6p_aBtIznU
İzmir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV7q_PSXS5wAmnesty International now on the current and recent events related to the anti-coup protest in Turkey:
"Unlawful and indiscriminate attacks on peaceful protesters must end and protest bans must be lifted immediately"
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/turkiye-unlawful-and-indiscriminate-attacks-on-peaceful-protesters-must-end-and-protest-bans-must-be-lifted-immediately/ -
Amnesty International now on the current and recent events related to the anti-coup protest in Turkey:
"Unlawful and indiscriminate attacks on peaceful protesters must end and protest bans must be lifted immediately"
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/turkiye-unlawful-and-indiscriminate-attacks-on-peaceful-protesters-must-end-and-protest-bans-must-be-lifted-immediately/Now there's also a livestream from the main anti-coup protest in İstanbul:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf7SGwne13A -
Now there's also a livestream from the main anti-coup protest in İstanbul:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf7SGwne13A -
With a "shoulder to shoulder against fascism!" the "Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions" (DİSK) again joined the main anti-coup protest in İstanbul.
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In parallel with the main İstanbul anti-coup protest, there is also an anti-coup demo in the Kadiköy district, with the front banner
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We will not surrender to the coup!
Either all together or none of us
───Now also Human Rights Watch (HRW) has a news release on that Turkey's "Court Jails Istanbul Mayor
Mass Protests Against Anti-Democratic Abuse of Power
[...] the latest example of the justice system weaponized to remove a leading opposition politician from the political scene"
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/24/turkiye-court-jails-istanbul-mayor -
Now also Human Rights Watch (HRW) has a news release on that Turkey's "Court Jails Istanbul Mayor
Mass Protests Against Anti-Democratic Abuse of Power
[...] the latest example of the justice system weaponized to remove a leading opposition politician from the political scene"
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/24/turkiye-court-jails-istanbul-mayor"Council of Europe Congress: Mayor İmamoğlu’s detention is an assault on democracy; he must be released"
https://www.coe.int/de/web/congress/-/council-of-europe-congress-mayor-imamo%C4%9Flu-s-detention-is-an-assault-on-democracy-he-must-be-releasedNote that the "Council of Europe" (CoE) is different from and predates the EU and the EU's "European Council" and the EU's "Council of the European Union" even though the EU decided to e.g. use CoE's flag as its own and other sources of conflation.
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"Council of Europe Congress: Mayor İmamoğlu’s detention is an assault on democracy; he must be released"
https://www.coe.int/de/web/congress/-/council-of-europe-congress-mayor-imamo%C4%9Flu-s-detention-is-an-assault-on-democracy-he-must-be-releasedNote that the "Council of Europe" (CoE) is different from and predates the EU and the EU's "European Council" and the EU's "Council of the European Union" even though the EU decided to e.g. use CoE's flag as its own and other sources of conflation.
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I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT YOU BUT
I'M FEELING
REVOLUTION
TONIGHT!
──────Pic from current anti-coup-protests in Turkey,
by: Huseyin Aldemir/AP/AB -
In Ankara, anti-coup protesters danced in front of the TOMA, water cannon trucks.
Again with the... NO respect for illegitimate authority.
Current Turkey anti-coup livestreams:
İstanbul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf7SGwne13A (same as previously)
İzmir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJKS-h-4sbI
Ankara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b3oqamVzIU -
Current Turkey anti-coup livestreams:
İstanbul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf7SGwne13A (same as previously)
İzmir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJKS-h-4sbI
Ankara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b3oqamVzIU"This is not a protest rally,
this is not a town square protest rally.
This is an act of defiance against fascism!"
Özgür Özel,
leader of the CHP,
largest opposition party in Turkey,
at the main İstanbul anti-coup protest (banned)I hope the CHP remembers that stance during the next elections too...
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"This is not a protest rally,
this is not a town square protest rally.
This is an act of defiance against fascism!"
Özgür Özel,
leader of the CHP,
largest opposition party in Turkey,
at the main İstanbul anti-coup protest (banned)I hope the CHP remembers that stance during the next elections too...
(not an endorsement)The leader of the CHP, largest opposition party in Turkey, at the main İstanbul anti-coup protest told the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions (DİSK, >300000 members) to go on a general strike whenever there is a need to, to "don't let them breathe!".