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Even if this period wouldn’t leave behind anything,
it gave people the feeling of living in peace, living brotherly, the feeling of solidarity.
Most simply it lifted the feeling of laziness and tore down the fear empire
The people who come here, including myself
eventhough we would watch tv, read newspapers and be interested in politics to some extent
our culture of action has developed here.
How can one take action, how can one help each other...
you sit there, someone comes and sits next to you and you chat for the whole day,
discuss Turkish politics... where else can you do this?
This feeling of trusts was absent from the Turkish people for a long time and now there is hope for all..
and if Gezi Park wouldn’t leave behind anything, it left behind this.
The youth possesses a historical enlightening, progressive,
independent, liberal and egalitarian historical vein,
so long the youth does not represent these, it cannot be called “youth” no matter the age bracket.
Here, as the Idea Clubs Federation, we refuse the society and youth profile
that Tayyip Erdogan has imposed upon the Turkish society
and we set off with the slogan of a new country, a new university, a new future
and we are taking our place in this resistance.
Here you have all the folks, no political party, it is wholly formed of the public, everything is free
and the people here understand each other with an incredible tolerance...
it is incredible that there is such tolerance in a metropole like Istanbul...
we’ve been here for 10 days and there has been no ***, no theft
not even a slight harassment towards anyone.
Here we friends that are covered and not, from all stands and political views
but there is an incredible apprehension
and for this reason, to those that still don’t understand us
I just want them to read our news too, not only of the partisan media
to read all the news so that they can think...we only ask them to think
There is even an infirmary, you can even find needle and thread, all your needs...
I mean even the hotels around let people to use their toilets and so on ... there is incredible solidarity
here you can find all the services that a government should freely give to its citizens like health, like a library
this really is a breath of fresh air
People voluntarily bring books here, there is no pressure, no force
we feel responsible to make sure that those books reach the people
if I’m an individual of the society, it is my responsibility, my role to make sure that the society reads and sees
this is why we are and we are going to be here until we succeed in our resistance
[Announcement] please make no payments in the park, all your needs can be met for free
This something we haven’t seen for a long time, since the 60s, 70s
and now people stood up for their own requests
because they restricted us from so many different angles
they even started interfering with what people should eat, drink
and therefore people said enough to this at some point
As Gezi Parki TV we’ve been here since yesterday
we have a camera and a microphone, the mic is open to all
our aim is to form a speaking platform here, to enable people to come
and to tell their ideas, their views as they wish, without any censorship.
We broadcast these at geziparkitv.wordpress.com
Here we have resist arm-in-arm with friends of different *** preferences,
with those who have views completely different than ours
our main aim here is to win back our rights along with those wishes voiced for Gezi Parki
we don’t want to displace anyone, we don’t want to bring down anyone
we only want back those rights we had before
in this environment there is an incredible amount of love, don’t let anyone spoil that.
Media may deceive you, they only present you things that they like
please put forward citizen journalism, get your phones out, have a look at what happened here
record and distribute it because you are the best person to explain yourself to others
tell your moms and dads: this is definitely not an environment of terror, of chaos anymore.
We are really peaceful here, get out and come here, let your parents leave behind the trauma of 80s behind
make them let us live the beauties of the generation of 68
I love all of you in a true way because there is so much love here, it is enough for us all.
All those who don’t feel close to a political organisation or party
and can’t decide where to be, finally found a place to speak
and for this reason everyone is here finally...
I was also apolitical, or maybe not apolitical but not organised
because I never felt close to anywhere and the public is here really
I am grateful to the youth, they taught us something
Previously I was irritated by the new generation because they were constantly in front of their screens
I told them to get out, to contact people...I used to tell this to my daughter, to my nephews
but they taught us they really taught us... they led us old people
and I’m really happy because they taught us something.. I am grateful to them
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