“And just a June of ours
Will be enough for a year for all the world
Because intense and in fire it was lived
Because our hands, head and blood
Will not be a case for you
Impudent, hiding its claws with a stink
Our dead shall be collected
Like a shore landfilled.”
- Turgut Uyar

We are calling out from all corners of our country, from squares, parks, homes, associations, business chambers, syndicates, parties, from all places where the heart beats for Gezi, from Taksim square.

We stand together in all aspects of life, with all our values and our colours, our unshakeable common sense and strength to resist, our resolve and limitless creativity. We, Taksim Solidarity, still have not received a response to the demands that we addressed to the government. Furthermore, those who continue to voice our demands are being silenced by violence, detainment, and arrest. Despite all these pressures, we continue to shout.
We once again remind those who want us to forget and those who have not yet heard; we strongly and immediately demand that:

• Any ban or physical restriction on meetings, gatherings or demonstrations affecting Taksim and Kizilay squares, as well as all other squares and public areas as well as restrictions on the right to free speech be lifted.
• All those responsible for commanding, enforcing and perpetrating the repression of the democratic rights of the people to demonstrate, starting with those who stood up to the destruction of Taksim Gezi Park, and the violent crackdown that followed resulting in the injury of thousands, and five deaths should be unseated and brought to justice, starting with the governors and Police chiefs of İstanbul, Ankara, Hatay and Adana.
• The use of agents such as tear-gas be prohibited.
• That those who have been taken into custody due to their participation in the protests across the country be immediately released and that an official statement be made to state that they will not be charged.
• That parks where we gather in moments of disaster be opened to the public immediately, starting with Gezi Park.

Those to whom our demands are addressed should know that until our demands are met and until the crimes against humanity that you have committed in front of the eyes of the world are accounted for, for years you will not escape from the youth, the women, the homosexual, bisexual and transsexual groups, the democratic organisations, the trade and professional organisations, the political parties, the non-governmental organisations and the groups of fans who cry in the streets for these demands.

In these raids that contravene universal law, hundreds of our friends have been taken into custody, dozens have been arrested, and the whereabouts of some remain unknown. We will continue to do all we can to ensure that the legal and humanitarian needs are met for our friends, with whom we stood together in resistance, who have been arrested or taken into custody, whose fate is unknown, and who are being treated in hospital; visits from our groups in order to show our support will also continue.

As part of the most peaceful and environmental resistance movement in the history of Turkey, our friends Abdullah CÖMERT, Mehmet AYVALITAŞ and Ethem SARISÜLÜK took to the streets in search of their rights, demanding a world with more equality, freedom and solidarity; they were to become the victims of a savagery, hate and violence not even seen in times of war. We bow down in respect to the memory of these souls that were torn from us in the prime of their lives. Their honourable and determined stance will forever illuminate our struggle and continue to light our path. WE WILL NOT FORGET, WE WILL NOT LET THIS BE FORGOTTEN!

The most important thing that we, Taksim Solidarity, have learnt during this process is that the struggle cannot be limited by time and space; from now on our struggle will continue in every inch of our city and our country and at every moment of our lives.

TAKSIM SOLIDARITY