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ANNULMENT CASE FOR TAKSIM RENOVATION PLAN UNDERWAY
Hurriyet, Turkey
June 27 2013
A landmark plea to cancel the Gezi Park Master Plan has started in
Istanbul with the attendance of protesters' representatives. The case
is expected last for a period of time between a week and a month.
Some seven people attended the case, including members of the Taksim
Solidarity Platform who initiated the most widespread unrest in the
country for decades in the "Gezi resistance."
Lawyer Gonca Yılmaz said legal steps had been disregarded from the
very beginning of the Taksim pedestrianization plan, which started
on Oct. 31, 2012. She said the related law ruled that the Istanbul
Metropolitan Municipality should have held two meetings with locals
and non-governmental organizations but this never happened.
Yılmaz also said some 747 square meters of the park had already been
demolished by the municipality so far.
On the other side of the case, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's
lawyers said every step had been taken in accordance with the laws.
Meanwhile the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) hosted a
workshop yesterday with a focus on the ongoing Gezi protests.
Gezi talks
The workshop aimed at offering a debate on the possible future
strategies to follow. Part of the analysis also included the need to
work further on the younger population.
Deputy chair of AKP, Suleyman Soylu, described the events as the
"most interesting 20 days of Turkey's democracy," adding that the
protests soon took a different turn with foreign interventions and
radical groups' involvement.
A guest list including deputies, academics and experts attended
the workshop. Several of the party's Central Decision and Executive
Council members, including Nikhet Hotar and Prof. Yasin Aktay, were
among those who attended the workshop.
The editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, Rober
KoptaÅ~_, however, declined the invitation to attend the workshop,
citing the prime minister's attitude as the cause.
June/27/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/annulment-case-for-taksim-renovation-plan-underway.aspx?pageID=238&nID=49546&NewsCatID=340
Hurriyet, Turkey
June 27 2013
A landmark plea to cancel the Gezi Park Master Plan has started in
Istanbul with the attendance of protesters' representatives. The case
is expected last for a period of time between a week and a month.
Some seven people attended the case, including members of the Taksim
Solidarity Platform who initiated the most widespread unrest in the
country for decades in the "Gezi resistance."
Lawyer Gonca Yılmaz said legal steps had been disregarded from the
very beginning of the Taksim pedestrianization plan, which started
on Oct. 31, 2012. She said the related law ruled that the Istanbul
Metropolitan Municipality should have held two meetings with locals
and non-governmental organizations but this never happened.
Yılmaz also said some 747 square meters of the park had already been
demolished by the municipality so far.
On the other side of the case, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's
lawyers said every step had been taken in accordance with the laws.
Meanwhile the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) hosted a
workshop yesterday with a focus on the ongoing Gezi protests.
Gezi talks
The workshop aimed at offering a debate on the possible future
strategies to follow. Part of the analysis also included the need to
work further on the younger population.
Deputy chair of AKP, Suleyman Soylu, described the events as the
"most interesting 20 days of Turkey's democracy," adding that the
protests soon took a different turn with foreign interventions and
radical groups' involvement.
A guest list including deputies, academics and experts attended
the workshop. Several of the party's Central Decision and Executive
Council members, including Nikhet Hotar and Prof. Yasin Aktay, were
among those who attended the workshop.
The editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, Rober
KoptaÅ~_, however, declined the invitation to attend the workshop,
citing the prime minister's attitude as the cause.
June/27/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/annulment-case-for-taksim-renovation-plan-underway.aspx?pageID=238&nID=49546&NewsCatID=340