Gel

Gel.

Gezi çok güzel

Sokaklar çok güzel

Parklar çok güzel


Gel.

Direniş çok güzel

Örgütlenmek çok güzel

Devrim çok güzel


Gel

  konuşalım

  dinleyelim

  öğrenelim


Gel.

 Öfkeni al

  İnadını al

  Umudunu al


Gel!

Gel!

Gel!

Gel!

Gel!

Gel!

Gel!

Gel!

Very Hard To Get Killed By The State

Serdar (35) :

     had a heart attack due to tear gas and died,

     but he had heart problems and he was still smoking and consuming alcohol,

     therefore he is

     not murdered by the police

     not murdered by the state.


Ahmet (22) :

     fell down from a building during the protests,

     not murdered by the police

     not murdered by the state.


Ali İsmail (19) :

     beaten up to death by non-uniformed people in the backstreets,

     not murdered by the police

     not murdered by the state.


Medeni (18) :

     shot to death when protesting the construction of a police station

     murdered by the state, yes,

          but, doesn't count too:

              his protest was not part of the Gezi uprising.


Zeynep (55) :

     had a heart attack and died, while marching in support of Gezi

     not murdered by the police

     not murdered by the state.


İrfan (47) :

     was cleaning a private tutoring school,

     overly affected by tear gas, had a heart attack and died,

     he was not taking part in the demonstrations, therefore he is

     not murdered by the police

     not murdered by the state.


Abdullah (22) :

     hit on the head during the protests and died,

     as the case is "unsolved", he is

     not murdered by the police

     not murdered by the state.


Mehmet (20) :

     ran over by a car that drove through the protesting crowd,

     not murdered by the police

     not murdered by the state.


Ethem (26) :

     shot to death by a police gun

        but the bullet should have rebounded from somewhere

           and it was self defence for the cop anyway

           and the cop did not "intend" to kill - as court has put it

           and Ethem was definitely clearly most probably surely a terrorist or something

        therefore he is

     not murdered by the police

     not murdered by the state.

How Many Trees Add Up To A Forest?

One.

Two.

Three.


One hundred.

One thousand.

Ten thousand.

One million.



What makes a bunch of trees

                                   a  forest

               is not the number of trees.


What makes a bunch of trees

                                   a  forest

               is the forest ecosystem

               that is, the non-trees

               that is, those who live because of trees

                     those who give life to trees

               namely:

               squirrels

                and worms

                 and birds

                  and flies

                   and grass

                    and butterflies

                     and snakes

                      and lizards

                       and flowers

                        and bugs

                         and bushes

                          and bacterias

                           and moles

                            and spiders

                             and many other species as well as minerals

                                           whose names we lament not mentioning here,

               and water

                and trees,

                 and the complementary

                  and interactive

                  movement

               of all these.


A hint

   for those

   who'd like to understand

      the culture

         that created

    the protester


           who


               while throwing the gas canister back to the police side


           hits another protester


           and apologizes


    in the middle of the crowd


        inside a gas cloud.

Kaç Ağaç Bir Orman Eder?

Bir.

İki.

Üç.

Yüz.

Bin.

On bin.

Milyon.


Ağaçlar yığınını orman yapan

               ağaçların sayısı değil.

Ağaçlar yığınını orman yapan

               orman ekosistemi

               yani ağaç olmayanlar

               yani ağaçlarla yaşayıp

                     ağaçları yaşatanlar

               yani:

               sincaplar

                ve solucanlar

                 ve kuşlar

                  ve sinekler

                   ve otlar

                    ve kelebekler

                     ve yılanlar

                      ve kertenkeleler

                       ve çiçekler

                        ve böcekler

                         ve çalılar

                          ve bakteriler

                           ve köstebekler

                            ve örümcekler

                             ve burada adını anmadığımız için ne kadar özür dilesek az olan

               onlarca tür ve onlarca mineral

               ve su

                ve ağaçlar

                 ve tüm bunların

                  birbirini tamamlayan

                  birbiriyle etkileşen

               hareketi.


Koşuşan kitle içinde

   yerdeki gaz kapsülünü

      polise geri fırlatırken

      kolunun çarptığı protestocudan

               özür dileyen

      protestocuyu

   yaratan kültürü

          anlamak isteyenlere

                  bir ipucu.

Velkam tu dı maşiğn

Renkli merdivenden dehşete kapılan

ölü Ahmet Atakan'ın sosyal medyadaki hesabından ürken

sırt çantalı herkesten kuşkulanan

              bir iktidar

                       mı

                            sağlayacak

                                  siyasal istikrarı?

Gölgesinden korkan bir hükümet mi

                                   sürdürecek

                                           düzeni?

"In Case of Danger: Panic ! "

                                  diyor odamdaki kart.

Zafer yakın,

            sandığımızdan çok daha yakın,

            hele bir yıl önce sandığımıza kıyasla

                                           sanki yarın.

Derin bir nefes al,

           yelkenlere asıl,

               hem öfkeni koru

                      hem soğukkanlılığını.

Zafer sandığımızdan çok daha yakın.