14 DAY TRIAL // The official website of Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) – the state agency that regulates, monitors and sanctions radio and television broadcasts – has been disrupted by Anonymous hackers.
The reason: RTÜK fined several private TV networks that broadcasted the incidents between Turkish police and Gezi Park protesters.
The regulator argued that it fined Halk TV, CEM TV, EM TV and others because they aired live footage that could harm the physical, moral and mental development of youths.
Currently, the website appears to be working properly.
In a statement published on Wednesday, Anonymous Turkey explained why it was important for the people of Turkey not destroy the Gezi Park.
“The reason why they stand is because Gezi Park represents a historical turning point for them. Actually, Gezi Park is the place where a rebellion leaded by a reactionary group failed on the 31st of March 1909, a rebellion which aimed to restore absolutism in Turkey,” the hackers noted.
“That is to say how the symbolic charge of the Gezi park is high. Destruction of Gezi Park symbolises the reverse of those events. And this is the main reason why the people of Turkey now demand Tayipp Erdogan's abdication. And this is obviously why the ones who peacefully found the courage to stand up and resist oppression, now have to face violence of repression,” they added.
“History is repeating itself there, just like it happened so many times, in so many regions of our planet, as those greedy of power always worked to destroy the Rights the people forged with its faith and blood. Therefore, #OccupyGezi is a fight for democracy occuring in Taksim Square.”