Taksim Is Not Tahrir

... objective as well as subjective reasons. I would like to draw your attention first of all to the site of protests, a place of a unique conjunction of symbols that reflect all of the contradictions that exist in the current political situation in Turkey. Taksim is Istanbul’s central square with the Monument to Independence, the key Kemalism symbol. There is one more, unrelated but colourful detail located there: the pedestal of the Independence Monument. It features among the important figures that ...