Gas Man Festival

July 7, 2013December 1, 2013 Thomas Büsch

First “Man of gas” festival (GazdanAdam Festivali) in Istanbul, July 7 – 5:30 pm at Kadiköy Istanbul

After the Turkish police used disproportionate force against Gezi Park protesters during the lasts weeks, thousands gathered at the first “Man of gas” festival at at Kadıköy Quay Square to protest against the government. Famous Turkish bands and artists took part.

Saturday Evening at the Center of Istanbul July 6, 2013:

Photo by Salih Mülayim

Thomas Büsch

Filmmaker, Founding Member and Secretary General of diyalog, promotion of cultural exchange with Turkey. Since 2012 he is also project manager of InEnArt.

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Chapulling (Turkish: çapuling) is a neologism originating in the 2013 protests in Turkey, coined from Prime Minister Erdoğan's use of the term çapulcu (roughly translated to "looters") to describe the protestors.

The protests started with the occupation of the Istanbul Gezi Park by a small group protesting against the demolition of a symbolic park in the center of the City, finally it became a mass demonstration with a general strike on June 17th 2013.

The word Çapuling quickly caught on, adopted by the demonstrators and online activists, and became a viral video.

Many took the concept further by integrating the unique nature of the demonstrations and defined it as "to act towards taking the democracy of a nation to the next step by reminding governments of their reason for existence in a peaceful and humorous manner."

The Çapuling section of InEnArt describes and reflects the visual culture, humor and irony of the peaceful protestors (the Çapulcu) as it developed in many forms in Turkey during 2013.

The authors of InEnArt will publish regular one phenomen of the Çapuling Culture: e.g. the Duran Adam (Standing Man), the penguin, gas festival, the woman in red...

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