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Hand drawn map of Gezi park encampment With the police abandoning attempts to clear the Gezi Park encampment on 1 June, the area began to take on some of the characteristics associated with the. The number of tents swelled, to the point where a hand-drawn map was set up at the entrance. Access roads to the park and to Taksim Square have been blocked by protesters against the police with barricades of paving stones and corrugated iron. By evening on 4 June there were again tens of thousands in Taksim Square; reported that 'there are many families with their children enjoying the demonstration that has developed the feeling of a festival.'

There were also signs of a developing infrastructure reminding some observers of, with 'a fully operational kitchen and first-aid clinic. Carved out of an abandoned concession stand in the back of the park,' complete with rotas and fundraising for people's travel expenses. Protesters brought food to donate, and dozens of volunteers organised themselves into four shifts. A makeshift 'protester library' was also created (soon reaching 5000 books ), and gave a concert. A 'makeshift outdoor movie screen' was set up, together with a stage with microphones and speakers, and a generator.

A symbolic 'street' was named after, the journalist murdered in 2007; the street connects the Peace Square with the children's playground. Sellers of watermelons mingle with sellers of swimming goggles and surgical masks (to protect against tear gas); a yoga teacher provides classes.

The crowds swell in the evening as office workers join. Rebusi s notami do re you know. With 5 June being the religious holiday, protesters distributed 'kandil simidi' (a pastry specific to the holiday), and temporarily declared the park a no-alcohol zone. Celebration of the holiday included a Quran reading. Argues that the camp was a small, that heavily emphasied. He also argues that large cultural changes occurred within the camp.

He argues that the Gezi Park was one of the most successful examples of social activism in recent history, mainly due to its refusal to be represented by political parties, trade unions and the media. Symbols and humour [ ]. Police officer firing tear gas. Istanbul, 15/16 June Protests intensified after (on the morning of 30 May) undercover police burnt the tents of protesters who had organised a at Gezi Park. Riot police internal messages compared the events to the 1916. Said on 1 June that 'It is clear that the use of force by police is being driven not by the need to respond to violence – of which there has been very little on the part of protesters – but by a desire to prevent and discourage protest of any kind.'

By 14 June 150,000 tear gas cartridges and 3000 tons of water had been used. In mid-June said that it had 'received consistent and credible reports of demonstrators being beaten by police during arrest and transfer to custody and being denied access to food, water, and toilet facilities for up to 12 hours during the current protests in Istanbul which have taken place for almost three weeks.'

Hundreds of protesters were detained. As protests continued in early June, was used so extensively that many residents of central Istanbul had to keep windows closed even in the heat of summer, or use respirators and then struggle to decontaminate homes of tear gas residue. Police even water cannoned a man in a wheelchair.