Deputies at Bosphorus Bridge: 'Everywhere Taksim, Everywhere resistance'

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Turkey Workers' Party (TİP) Deputies Erkan Baş, Sera Kadıgil, and Ahmet Şık hung a banner reading "Everywhere Taksim Everywhere Resistance" on the Bosphorus Bridge of İstanbul on the 9th anniversary of the Gezi Protests.

TİP shared the video of the protest on its official account with the hashtag #Gezi9Yaşında (Gezi is 9 years old)

Her yer Taksim, her yer direniş!#Gezi9Yaşında pic.twitter.com/PEZm6ZlLIp

— Türkiye İşçi Partisi (@tipgenelmerkez) May 31, 2022

MP Şık also shared the video of the deputy's action on Twitter.

In the video, it has been seen that police intervened in the action, asking deputies to take down the banner.

Her yer Taksim, her yer direniş. https://t.co/UEAbbniJWL

— ahmet şık (@sahmetsahmet) May 31, 2022

 TİP MP's reacted to the police by saying: "We are MP's you can not touch us."

Gezi Resistance

Gezi resistance began with a couple of tents set up at Gezi Park in Taksim/Beyoğlu in İstanbul on May 28, 2013; then, it quickly spread to the entire country, 4 million people joined the protests.

While nearly 10 thousand people were wounded, several people lost their sight after being hit by tear gas cartridges fired by the police.

Several people were put on trial after the resistance on the grounds that they had joined the protests; however, the lawsuits filed into the deaths of people as a result of police attacks have ended in impunity.

(AÖ/TB)