Taksim Solidarity: We’re Everywhere on 2nd Anniversary of Gezi Park Resistance

On the 2nd anniversary of Gezi Park Resistance, Taksim Solidarity held a press conference, located in the building of Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects in İstanbul.

According to the schedule planned by Ali Çerkezoğlu and Mücella Yapıcı from Taksim Solidarity; Gezi meeting will be on May 31 in Gezi Park at 13 a.m. and Gezi meeting will be in Beşiktaş and Kadıköy at 15 a.m.

Ali Çerkezoğlu, "We will be in Gezi Park on May 31 with songs and music and determination, of course to commemorate the ones who lost their lives in Gezi Park Resistance.

Press statement:

“On the anniversary of a unique date and a historic moment  when a country’s people came from their homes, their parks and squares to protect their bodies, lives, the future and the country and on the anniversary of Gezi Park’s reflection on the history;

"We are everywhere with our bodies, our losses with love and resistance with things which will live forever… We are in the parks and squares of İstanbul and the four corners of the country. We are everywhere to live Gezi and to remember Gezi.

"We are in Gezi Park and Taksim Square. We hold Gezi meetings in Ankara, Adana, Antakya, Eskişehir, İzmir, Edirne, Samsun, Diyarbakır and Antalya. In every square, in every park of every provinces and districts. We are everywhere…” (EA/NV/BD)

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