Turkish garbage collectors open library with rescued books
Garbage collectors in Ankara have turned an abandoned brick factory into a community library full of discarded books.
Garbage collectors in Ankara have turned an abandoned brick factory into a community library full of discarded books.
It started as a peaceful protest against mall construction in Gezi park in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, and it quickly led to a full-blown protest – Arab Spring style – against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The social protests currently sweeping through Turkey started with a dozen men and women who parked their tents in Gezi Park – one of the last remaining green spaces in central Istanbul – to protest a shopping mall development. One woman has died. (Update: We haven’t been able to confirm this with any major newspapers […]