Hundred thousands of people have stood up in Turkey!

Zeynep Beşpınar

Peace Association, Turkey

Hundred thousands of people have stood up in Turkey!

Taksim Gezi Park resistance, which has been going on for days, has been transformed into a popular movement on May 31st. Hundred thousands of people have taken the streets in Istanbul and in different parts of Turkey to protest against the inhumane and insane attack of the AKP government.
No one has the right to fool people, try to deduct irrelevant results from the events or use this as an occasion for minor political gains or personal show out. Yesterday’s massive and historical movement was the eruption of people’s anger, which has been culminated during the 11 years of AKP government. People who share the same anger have different political tendencies but they gathered together around their common reaction against the government.
This is not a “Turkish spring” as the western media prefers to define it. This rising reaction has an anti-imperialist and pro-secular character. It is closely related with people’s opposition to the government’s warmongering policy in Syria and creeping Islamisation of public life. In this manner, it differs from the other uprisings in the Middle East.
Despite unbridled police brutality and the lack of leadership in the movement, the people carefully stayed away from provocative actions. Since yesterday morning hundred thousands of people marched in the streets without fear, walked for thousands of kilometres but refrained from any action that may cast a slur on people’s legitimate resistance.
During yesterday’s state terror thousands of people were injured and hundreds arrested. However, nothing has changed in people’s determination and resolution. Now the reaction has gone beyond government’s project to erect a shopping mall on Gezi Park area at Taksim Square. AKP government has the full responsibility for the culmination of the events to this point. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tried to belittle people and now should be ready to face the bitter truth: People are not afraid of his government anymore and they want to get rid of it as soon as possible. At this point, our party will take new initiatives immediately to improve the coordination of the struggle against this illegitimate project. The Communist Party of Turkey called out its members and friends to convene at Taksim Square this afternoon.
We call out our people to boycott the mainstream media, which has been ignoring, distorting and manipulating the news about the demonstrations and continuously reduce the numbers of protestors. The people should support their alternative media, which is the real source of information.

Once the people stood up, the end of the cruel government is close!

In solidarity against fascism!

Damn with the dictatorship of the capital!

The Communist Party of Turkey