Tuğçe Yılmaz - Bianet

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University student Nazan Ünaldı, 19, died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

University student Nazan Ünaldı, 19, died in Taksim

Nazan Ünaldı’s friends Ayşe Seyla Ertem, Suzan Serin Kum, and Serpil Gür, spoke about Nazan’s work ethic, about her notebooks that passed from hand to hand, and about her awareness and her politics.

Student-laborer Niyazi Darı, 24, died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Student-laborer Niyazi Darı, 24, died in Taksim

Niyazi Darı’s colleague and friend Çetin, older brother Darı, and high-school friend Yılmaz, who was then chair of the Revolutionary Youth Federation of Turkey, talk about his much too brief life and the ceremony at which his loved ones bid him farewell.

Teacher Hikmet Özkürkçü, 39, died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Teacher Hikmet Özkürkçü, 39, died in Taksim

Behiye Özkürkçü speaks of the shooting of her father as she stood by his side, and of her 16 years of life with him. She summarizes her life after his death with the words, “Kurdish, from Siverek, her father was a member of TÖB-DER, he died in Taksim.”

Teacher Ahmet Gözükara, 33, Died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Teacher Ahmet Gözükara, 33, Died in Taksim

While talking about her uncle, Ahmet Gözükara, Sema Gözükara begins by saying, "Nobody has heard his life story; this is very saddening for us. This feeling of having no voice always deeply upset me."

Teacher Kenan Çatak, 31, died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Teacher Kenan Çatak, 31, died in Taksim

We hear about teacher Kenan Çatak from his friends, Faik Kubilay and Muammer Başkent, both teachers and members of the Alliance and Solidarity Association of All Teachers [TÖB-DER], who went to Taksim together with Çatak on 1 May 1977.

High School Student Jale Yeşilnil, 17, died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

High School Student Jale Yeşilnil, 17, died in Taksim

Hale Yeşilnil tells us about her sister Jale's birth and her 17 years of life, while author Kadir Akın speaks of their days together at the Göztepe Cultural Association, the police attack during their final farewell to her, and the graveside commemoration for her, 43 years later.

Teacher Bayram Çıtak, 37, died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Teacher Bayram Çıtak, 37, died in Taksim

We heard the story of teacher Bayram Çıtak from his eldest son, Mete Çıtak, who lives in Izmir, and from his friend Selahattin Koçak from the Alliance and Solidarity Association of All Teachers (TÖB-DER) and the Unity Solidarity movement.

Construction Worker Bayram Eyi, 50, Died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Construction Worker Bayram Eyi, 50, Died in Taksim

"After losing my father, I never missed a First of May rally. This state owes me, because it was the state that murdered my father," says Zeki Eyi, who lost his father at the age of 17.

Film industry worker Rasim Elmas, 41, died in Taksim

1 MAY '77: VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Film industry worker Rasim Elmas, 41, died in Taksim

Birsen Kement was 17 when she lost her father, Rasim Elmas. When she was told at police headquarters, “You’ll find your father in the morgue,” she only heard part of it. She says when she opened her eyes on May 2, she had “doubled in age overnight.”

Video of bianet's 1 May '77 e-book online

THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES

Video of bianet's 1 May '77 e-book online

The video of the "The Voices of Those Who Lost Their Loved Ones / 1 May 1977 and Impunity," e-book is online with voices of the loved ones of those who lost their lives and dubbing artist Senan Kara.

The father standing trial for sexual abuse should be arrested ‘again’

REQUEST OF CHILDREN AND ATTORNEYS

The father standing trial for sexual abuse should be arrested ‘again’

Lawyer Sena Yazıbağlı has spoken to bianet about what E., the eldest one of seven siblings sexually abused/assaulted by father E.D., went through. Sharing details about the judicial process, she has reiterated her demand for justice.

McKenzie Wark: We need to build a new world in the ruins

INTERVIEW BY TUĞÇE YILMAZ

McKenzie Wark: We need to build a new world in the ruins

We have spoken with McKenzie Wark on her book, "Molecular Red," on what we need in the new construction in the context of Bogdanov, Platonov and Haraway, and the "Black Wave" that spread all over the world after the killing of George Floyd.

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