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ROGER WATERS SHOWS SOLIDARITY WITH GEZI PARK VICTIMS IN ISTANBUL CONCERT
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Aug 5 2013
ISTANBUL
The names of the five Gezi Park victims screened on the wall during
Roger Waters' Istanbul concert on the night of Aug. 4. DHA photo
Iconic musician Roger Waters gave support to the Gezi Park protests
by having the names of the five Gezi Park victims screened on the
wall during his Istanbul concert on the night of Aug. 4.
The former Pink Floyd member was playing the British progressive rock
legend's classic record "The Wall" in its entirety in his "The Wall
Live" show.
A gigantic wall was built on stage during the set, and many human
rights activists and victims of terror and wars were projected to
the stage during the concert. Names and photographs of Gezi Park
protesters, Ethem Sarısuluk, Ali İsmail Korkmaz, Abdullah Cömert,
Mehmet AyvalıtaÅ~_, and police officer Mustafa Sarı, who lost
their lives in Turkey rallies earlier this summer were projected to
the stage.
Waters stated "for people who lost their lives because of state terror"
in a speech he gave in Turkish.
The audience chanted "Everywhere is Taksim, everywhere is resistance,"
the main slogan used during the protests that had spread to most of
the country.
Photos of prominent Turkish figures who were killed in political
assassinations, including Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink,
investigative journalist Ugur Mumcu and former prime minister Adnan
Menderes, were also screened on the wall, though separate from the
Gezi Park victims.
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Aug 5 2013
ISTANBUL
The names of the five Gezi Park victims screened on the wall during
Roger Waters' Istanbul concert on the night of Aug. 4. DHA photo
Iconic musician Roger Waters gave support to the Gezi Park protests
by having the names of the five Gezi Park victims screened on the
wall during his Istanbul concert on the night of Aug. 4.
The former Pink Floyd member was playing the British progressive rock
legend's classic record "The Wall" in its entirety in his "The Wall
Live" show.
A gigantic wall was built on stage during the set, and many human
rights activists and victims of terror and wars were projected to
the stage during the concert. Names and photographs of Gezi Park
protesters, Ethem Sarısuluk, Ali İsmail Korkmaz, Abdullah Cömert,
Mehmet AyvalıtaÅ~_, and police officer Mustafa Sarı, who lost
their lives in Turkey rallies earlier this summer were projected to
the stage.
Waters stated "for people who lost their lives because of state terror"
in a speech he gave in Turkish.
The audience chanted "Everywhere is Taksim, everywhere is resistance,"
the main slogan used during the protests that had spread to most of
the country.
Photos of prominent Turkish figures who were killed in political
assassinations, including Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink,
investigative journalist Ugur Mumcu and former prime minister Adnan
Menderes, were also screened on the wall, though separate from the
Gezi Park victims.