With the civil unrest now entering its second week in entire Turkey, many Turkish and foreign basketball players have stressed their support to the fair demands of the demonstrators while condemning police brutality.
This is probably the first time that professional athletes in Europe appear so politicsed and are not afraid to take sides and express their support to the demonstrators, something which has not happened in the past few years in countries hit by unrest, like Greece, Spain and France. {jathumbnail off}
Here are some support tweets and photos:
Today went and supported my Turkish brothers in #Taksim #direngaziparki. Many got beaten and injured… instagram.com/p/aBz0uUrlSb/
— Kaspars Kambala #reb (@KambalaKaspars) June 1, 2013
Worried about my friends in Turkey. Stay strong Istanbul.
— Bostjan Nachbar (@BokiNachbar) June 2, 2013
#siddetidurdurun #Abdullahgulgoreve instagram.com/p/aF60lWIjpu/
— Deron Williams (@DeronWilliams) June 3, 2013
My heart with you #geziparkı
— Carlos Arroyo (@CarlosArroyo_30) June 1, 2013
To follow what is going on in Istanbul, please visit this website: occupygezipics.tumblr.com #occupygezi #direngeziparki
— Sinan Guler (@sinanguler) May 31, 2013
No comment needed. youtube.com/embed/GdeJX0qY… #occupygezi #occupyturkey
— T. Van Den Spiegel (@tomasvds) June 3, 2013
— JamonGordon (@LilReb22) June 1, 2013
Hello @droz are you still sleeping ?Don’t u c what’s going on in turkey ?? Aren’t u gonna say something ?? Or u just gonna talk about diet.!
— Mehmet Okur (@MehmetOkur13) June 2, 2013
Az önce bir fotoğraf paylaştı instagram.com/p/Z_tgaSETQ5/
— kerem gonlum (@kerem_gonlum) June 1, 2013
