On this day in 2013, Turkish protesters began occupying Gezi Park to oppose its demolition, an act with led to widespread protests and strikes with approximately 3,500,000 participants, 22 deaths, and more than 8,000 injuries.
The wave of civil unrest across Turkey began after the park occupation was violently evicted by police, who used to tear gas, pepper spray, and water cannons to try and break up the protests, injuring more than one hundred people and hospitalizing a journalist.
The protest quickly grew in size - by May 31st, 10,000 gathered in Istiklal Avenue. In June, the protests became national in scope and transcended any particular demographic or political ideology. Among the wide range of concerns brought by protesters were issues of freedom of the press, expression, and assembly, as well as the alleged political Islamist government's erosion of Turkey's secularism.
Millions of Turkish football fans, normally divided by intense sports rivalry, marched in unity against the government. Protesters displayed symbols the environmentalist movement, rainbow banners, depictions of Che Guevara, different trade unions, and the PKK and its leader Abdullah Öcalan.
On June 4th, Taksim Dayanışması (Taksim Solidarity) issued a set of demands that included the preservation of Gezi Park, an end to police violence, the right to freedom of assembly, and an end to the privatization of public spaces. Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç met the group on June 5th and rejected these demands.
Erdoğan blamed the protests on "internal traitors and external collaborators", demonizing his political opposition as the former. Despite the popular mobilization, Erdoğan remained in power and no major concessions were won from the government.
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Forgot to scan some milk cartons in my bag when I paid for my the rest of my groceries, they were like 1/4 of the grocery order. I'm in an overpoliced area, paid with my credit card and my points card both in my name, cashier didn't say anything
My roommate said I already probably looked suspicious bc I wear a mask, hat and sunglasses
I thought I heard "___vention line 1" (my lane? unrelated phone line?) as I was walking out, nobody stopped me or said anything
I thought about going back or calling but I am worried it would just make things worse
Am I going to be confronted if I go back? Should I be worried? Did they probably photograph me?
Most stores don't care until they've caught you stealing enough stuff to get you jail time, you're probably fine if they even noticed.
Thank you, I ended up bringing the items back to the store and paid for them quietly (with my store points lol). I photographed both receipts and filed them away in case I ever need them
Hard to say without knowing much about your identity, but if your race isn't criminalized in your area I wouldn't worry about it - people make mistakes. If they confront you about it (highly unlikely) just say you made a mistake (which is true) and offer to pay.
Thank you, I brought the items back to the store and paid for them quietly (with my store points lol). I photographed both receipts and filed them away in case I ever need them
Unless it's Target nobody is gonna keep track of you coming back.
I hope so but it feels like things have been changing, some of the other stores here have uniformed police in SWAT gear guarding baby formula full-tine because people could legally walk away from 'loss prevention' employees but can't legally walk away from pigs
Gross. Off-duty cops are expensive, too.
You didn't notice till later so I'm sure they didn't notice. Yer fine.