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Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
'Chapulling' can be done either alone or in community. Lovers also can also 'chapul' together without being disturbed by the crowd. DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
But the protesters have also thought about the younger 'chapullers' accompanying their family. Playgrounds have been set up at Gezi Park where little ones are trained in democratic dissidence from the cradle. AA photo.
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
The Gezi Park protests are gradually becoming a cultural phenomenon as its own codes and lexicon is invented. The crowd is now turning the statements of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan into satirical jokes. They refer to themselves as 'marauders' (çapulcu in Turkish) and refer to whatever they do to pacifically resist as 'chapulling.' DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Commemoration events was also organized for the three protesters deceased during the brutal police crackdown on June 6. DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Police brutality, which led to many injuries among protesters, was strongly denounced. But many protesters have also taken the tear gas and water cannon frenzy rather lightly. Being exposed to pepper spray has become a common experience among 'chapullers.' Grafitti in Taksim reads, 'I like it, throw me another [pepper spray].' Some crowds reportedly chanted 'more, more' as police were violently intervening with pepper spray. DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
The capital city of Ankara, where locals took to the street in solidarity with the protesters in Istanbul, was one of the cities where police repression was the strongest. Kuğulu Park, a small patch of green at the center of Ankara, became the meeting point for protesters in Ankara. Free food was distributed by volunteers. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Reading became a major act of resistance with the Gezi Park protests. Libraries and stands where free books are offered were in Istanbul as well as in Ankara (pictured). DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Just as in Istanbul, in Ankara believers performed their Friday prayers at Kuğulu Park among the demonstrators. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Ankara's wall of memory displays funny and satirical graffiti such as, 'They told us that there was resistance, so we came,' 'TOMA [The vehicles with water cannons] wash me' or 'Married, happy and çapulcu.' DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
The Ankara crowd celebrates with enthusiasm a protest day without police intervention late June 6. The protests on June 5 saw once again brutal police intervention. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Ankara protesters gather like every night at Kuğulu Park. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Turkish PM Erdoğan had used 'marauding' with a negative connotation, but the Ankara crowd display proudly that they are 'chapulling' together across the nation. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Protesters practice yoga in the morning, some read in a makeshift library and students study for their approaching exams. AFP photo
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Taksim is the center of Istanbul's entairtainment area. But on this June 7 evening, but Gezi Park has shadowed the bars and clubs. AFP PHOTO
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
V for Vendetta has made a place for itself as V for Volleyball at Gezi Park. AFP photo
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
A volleyball field was also set up near Gezi Park in Istanbul. As Erdoğan had said he was irked by the 'tipsy youth' in a speech on a law that would restrict the sale and consumption of alcohol, 'tipsies' took the field to face 'chapullers.' AFP photo
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Peddlers who used to sell water, simit, umbrellas and handkerchiefs have found a new market: Anything that reduces the effect of pepper gas. Lemon, anti-pepper gas sprays and milk are now easily found around Taksim for those who need to take precautions for the next police raid. REUTERS photo
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
People stand outside a graffiti-defaced Garanti bank branch in Taksim Square in Istanbul. AFP PHOTO
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Artists stopped by at Gezi Park on June 7 to sing and dance with the protesters. DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜLER.
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Some volunteers bring books to the makeshift library of Gezi Park. AP photo
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
A poster reads 'Tayyip resign' at Gezi Park. AP photo
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
For the young generation, which was once said to surf the Internet too much, the makeshift library of Gezi Park has become a good spot. AP photo
Read, pray, practice yoga, play volleyball or just hang around: A diary of Gezi Park 'chapullers'
Gezi Park protesters also respected the Friday prayers of the faithful and placed guards to prevent any provocations during the muezzin's call. REUTERS photo
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