On the third day of civil resistance in Istanbul’s Taksim Square the fight against police brutality and tear gas, but the young activist who need more support, Istanbul is heritage of  the world do not let the destroy last green central park.

Istanbul is one of the world’s most beautiful cities but in the last 10 years, the islamist AKP government turned this beautiful city a concrete and asphalt.

Prohibition of alcoholic beverages and bans people under anti-democratic way of life every day, increasing the pressure on the government, green area in declining to turn the operation of the shopping center in Istanbul opposed to the young university students with.

The severity of the gas and the police destroyed the trees in the park for 3 days, he.put bat against the activists began to participate in publicity.

However, these courageous people who need more support, Environmentalist organizations in Europe and North America, and waiting for the support of the Western media

BBC, ITV, CNN and ABC, where are you ?  World our mutual heritage and Istanbul is a pearl of the Europe.

Following two police crackdowns loaded with tear-gas, protesters resisting against the demolition of Taksim’s Gezi Park at the heart of Istanbul are now manufacturing their own hand-made gas mask.

In what seemingly could become a must-have accessory for every Istanbul local, the protesters have invented masks by diagonally cutting big plastic bottles of 2.5 liters, placing an air pollution mask inside, and fixing the whole together with an elastic.

For those who need a hand, the occupiers have also stuck posters with the due instructions on the trees. They also advise bringing some vinegar against the effects of the tear-gas. Thus, one can be adequately protected against future imminent tear-gas attacks.

As the protests entered their third day, Istanbul police had organized a dawn raid and fired once again loads of tear-gas supposing that it would break the resistance of the demonstrators. In the end the raid only served to increase the determination of the activists, who are now taking precautions against new abusive police crackdowns.

James St. Ledger / NationalTurk Istanbul