Tag: Taksim Square

#occupygezi In-Situ Architecture Made with Scrap Materials (Photos)

Design is an often overlooked aspect of any social protest movement, but the organic nature of its occurrence is...

Istanbul: 500 Youth Activists Gather for Global Power Shift Summit

With the dust of social anger still unsettled in Taksim Square and on the same day that U.S. President...

Taksim Redux? Lebanese Protest Over Loss of Beirut’s Ancient Jesuit Garden Park

In a Middle Eastern city with paltry green space, residents gather to object to new development that will destroy...

Taksim Square: Turkish Authorities Seize German Musician’s Piano

Davide Martello transported a self-made grand piano from his home town in Konstanz, Germany to Taksim Square in Istanbul...

All Quiet in Taksim Square, for Now

Central Istanbul looks like a war zone as shells of burnt out vehicles simmer after a long day of...

5 of Turkey’s Most Unsustainable Development Projects

Turkey's Taksim square protest flared up last week when police took drastic measures to clear activists from Gezi Park-...

Taksim Protest Not Just About Turkey’s Trees at Gezi Park

Motivation behind Turkish demonstrations is more complicated than protection of public green space.  Spotty media coverage blurs underlying causes;...

Turkish Lipstick Ban Reversed, But Booze Sales Get Corked

Turkey is in the news for its social protests which may also be linked to this: a new Turkish law bans late night alcohol sales and requires boozy products to be smacked with warning labels.

Controversial Renovation of Istanbul’s Taksim Square Has Begun

Despite all the criticism the plan received from urban planners, lawyers, activists, academics, and concerned citizens, Istanbul has begun...