The state never forgives or forgets, those who stand up against its will can expect to be pursued, harassed, and punished. No matter the justification for your protest, no matter the morality of your cause, you challenged the will of the state, you are therefore an enemy of the state and will be dealt with as they deem fit.
And so after the massive protests quieten down in Turkey, the retaliation of the state steps up. Mass arrests, dawn raids on homes, you are going to be treated like a terrorist. Blatant evidence that the biggest terrorist is the state.
This from Contra Info:
In the early hours of July 16th, 2013 police raided 100 different places in İstanbul.At around 5.30am, police stormed many houses simultaneously. According to initial reports, 12 members of Öğrenci Kolektifleri (Students’ Collective) and Liseli Genç Umut (Highschool Young Hope) were detained. 26 persons in the district of Sancaktepe were detained, including readers of magazines such as Özgür Gelecek (Free Future) and Devrimci Demokrasi (Revolutionary Democracy), and members of AKA-DER (Anatolian Cultural and Research Foundation) and HKP (People’s Liberation Party). It’s being reported that managers’ and members’ houses of the TGB (Turkey Youth Union) were also searched. Lawyers informed that the State took the decision of house searches and arrest of 60 people for a 72-hour period (including members of Halkevleri, Öğrenci Kolektifleri, Özgür Gelecek, Devrimci Demokrasi, Aka-Der, HKP and TGB). 56 people are accused for encouraging people to revolt and damaging public property. The case file was classified as confidential, so people still in custody (30 so far) are not allowed to speak with their lawyers for 24 hours. Cops also decided to take saliva samples of detainees.
