Gezi Park protests

title	Gezi Park protests
place	90 locations in Turkey including Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Hatay, Balıkesir, Bursa, Kahramanmaraş, Adana, Mersin, Kayseri, Konya, Eskişehir, Antalya, Isparta, Denizli, Muğla, Trabzon, Edirne, Erzurum, Malatya, Samsun<‡R1R‡<<‡R2R‡ Dozens of cities within the Turkish diaspora
date	28 May – 20 August 2013<
result	* Occupation of the park and adjoining Taksim square ended by force, smaller scale protests gradually die out, the park remains open to the public and plans for its destruction are cancelled<‡R3R‡<‡R4R‡ * EU-Turkey relations deteriorated<‡R5R‡<‡R6R‡ * Government passed several bills to increase the government's ability to control the Internet, to expand the police's abilities and to criminalise the provision of emergency medical care during protests.<‡R7R‡<‡R8R‡<‡R9R‡ * Court acquits Gezi Park protest leaders<‡R10R‡
goals	* Protecting Gezi Park and the public places * Defending freedom of speech and right to assembly * Banning the usage of chemical gas by state forces against protesters * Resignation of Erdoğan's government * Free media< * Fair elections<‡R11R‡
causes	* Authoritarianism of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan<<‡R12R‡ * Lack of public consultation<‡R13R‡ * Violation of democratic rights<‡R12R‡ * Media censorship and disinformation<‡R12R‡ * Use of excessive force by police<‡R12R‡<‡R14R‡<‡R15R‡ * Government policies connected to the Syrian Civil War<‡R16R‡ * Alcohol restrictions<‡R17R‡ * Center-periphery dissonance<‡R18R‡
methods	Sit-ins, strike actions, demonstrations, online activism, protest marches, civil disobedience, civil resistance, cacerolazo
side1	* Anti-government protesters Some political parties (CHP, BDP, HEPAR, TKP, EMEP, BTP, ÖDP, SDP, LDP) Atatürkist Thought Association Pirate Union of Turkey<‡R19R‡ Anti-Capitalist Muslims<‡R20R‡ Youth Union of Turkey 3H Movement<‡R21R‡ Confederation of Public Workers' Unions<‡R22R‡ Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey<‡R22R‡ Education and Science Workers' Union<‡R22R‡ Istanbul Bar Association<‡R23R‡ Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects<r‡R22R‡ Turkish Medical Association<r‡R24R‡ Turkish Journalists' Association<re‡R25R‡ Turkish Writers' Union WWF<re‡R26R‡
side2	🇹🇷 Turkish Government * Ministry of the Interior * Police * Gendarmerie Others * Justice and Development Party youth wing * Great Union Party youth wing * Free Cause Party youth wing * Alperen Hearths * HAK Party (Turkey) * Anatolian Youth Association * Pro-government media
leadfigures1	Non-centralised leadership
leadfigures2	Government leaders: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Prime Minister) Muammer Güler (Minister of Interior) Hüseyin Avni Mutlu (Governor of Istanbul Province) Kadir Topbaş (Mayor of Istanbul) Hüseyin Çapkın (Police Chief of Istanbul Province) Mehmet Artar (Gendarmerie Chief Colonel) <re‡R27R‡
howmany1	7,548,500 actively in person during June in Istanbul alone (unofficial estimate)<re‡R28R‡ at least 3,545,000 actively in person (government estimate)<re‡R29R‡<ref‡R30R‡<ref‡R31R‡<ref‡R32R‡<ref‡R33R‡<ref‡R34R‡ Cities 100,000+ (Istanbul)<ref‡R35R‡ 93,950 (Adana)<ref‡R36R‡ 40,000+ (Ankara)<ref 30,000+ (İzmir)<ref 30,000+ (Bursa)<ref 30,000+ (Çorlu)<ref 20,000+ (Eskişehir)<ref 20,000+ (Antalya)<ref 20,000+ (Gaziantep)<ref 20,000+ (Denizli)<ref 15,000+ (Bodrum)<ref 15,000+ (Çorum)<ref
howmany2	Unknown
fatalities	11<ref ‡R37R‡
injuries	at least 8,163 (during the Gezi Park protests)<ref ‡R38R‡ (at least 63 in serious or critical condition with at least 3 having a risk of death)<ref ‡R38R‡
arrests	at least 4,900 with 81 people being held in custody (during the Gezi Park protests) ‡R39R‡<ref ‡R40R‡<ref ‡R41R‡<ref <ref
detentions	at least 134 (during the Gezi Park protests)<ref ‡R41R‡<ref ‡R42R‡<ref n‡R43R‡

A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Gezi Park. {{[44] Subsequently, supporting protests and strikes took place across Turkey, protesting against a wide range of concerns at the core of which were issues of freedom of the press, of expression and of assembly, as well as the AKP government's erosion of Turkey's secularism. With no centralised leadership beyond the small assembly that organised the original environmental protest, the protests have been compared to the Occupy movement and the May 1968 events. Social media played a key part in the protests, not least because much of the Turkish media downplayed the protests, particularly in the early stages. Three and a half million people (out of Turkey's population of 80 million) are estimated to have taken an active part in almost 5,000 demonstrations across Turkey connected with the original Gezi Park protest.<ref na Twenty-two people were killed and more than 8,000 were injured, many critically.<ref na[45]

The sit-in at Gezi Park was restored after police withdrew from Taksim Square on 1 June, and developed into a protest camp, with thousands of protesters in tents, organising a library, medical centre, food distribution and their own media. After the Gezi Park camp was cleared by riot police on 15 June, protesters began to meet in other parks all around Turkey and organised

Gezi Park protests

Background

Events leading up to the protests

Timeline

Demands

Types of protest

Gezi Park camp

Standing Man/Woman protest

Responses

Government response

Conspiracy claims

Counter-movements

International reaction

Tourism

See also

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References

Gezi Park

2013 Mediterranean Games scandals