Samsun Cumhuriyet Mitingi

The Samsun meeting was held on May 20, 2007, one day after the May 19th celebrations. Hundreds of thousands peacefully celebrated Turkey's secular system founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

The Cumhuriyet Meetings were organized by hundreds of NGOs. Women's organizations were particularly active in the organizations since they suffer most under the heavy hands of religious zealots.

Overall, the Turkish people are particularly sensitive on the secular nature of their country since the current Islamic AKP government is undermining the secular principles -- although the government appears on the surface as if it is all for secularism.

However, the government has implemented new procedures and practices based on religious beliefs in every stage of life including education, municipality functions, treatment of women, employment practices, and so on since they took power. Their strategy is to impose religious rules on the society subtly - taking small steps not to scare people off, but five years were enough for people to figure out what has been going on.

Frustration of the people is demonstrated in a series of massive but peaceful rallies in Ankara, Istanbul, Canakkale, Manisa, Marmaris, Izmir and Samsun. Each is literally attended by millions of people and broke all known attendance records.

None of these protest meetings were organized or sponsored by political parties. They were initiated, sponsored and organized by civilian women's organizations, and hundreds of NGOs actively supported them. ADD Ataturkcu Dusunce Dernegi, CYDD Cagdas Yasami Destekleme Dernegi, and CKD Cumhuriyet Kadinlari Dernegi were particularly active in the organizations.

KanalTurk was one of a few TV channels which covered all the meetings live - unlike most of the other media outlets - partly because of fear of retribution by the government. The AKP government has sued and threatened KanalTurk many times because of its anti-government stance.

The music used in this clip is Samsunspor Marsi.

Schedule of Turkish Cumhuriyet Meetings:

Ankara (Tandoğan) - 14 April (Nisan) 2007
Istanbul (Çağlayan) - 29 April 2007
Canakkale - 5 May (Mayis) 2007
Manisa - 5 May 2007
Marmaris - 5 May 2007
Izmir (Alsancak) - 13 May 2007
Samsun - 20 May 2007
Denizli - 26 May 2007

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[ayhn021]

LAİK TÜRKİYE !! HER ZAMAN LAİK KALACAKTIR !!

ayrıca arkadaşlar lütfen alttaki linke girin ve ordaki laiklik karşıtı yobazlara meydanın boş olmadığını beraber gösterelim ..

watch?v=P7GUg8fIsRg

[turkanimator1]

PATLAK AMPÜL TAYYIP:D HAHAAA yasasin cumhuriyetimiz!!! yasasin atatürkcü genclik!

[mirac55]

@2xRoachx2 aynaya bakmadan yaz döl israfi

[2xRoachx2]

@mirac55

göt...

[2xRoachx2]

9 kişi arapçı irancı humeynici fahişeler

[mirac55]

@AmBitiHzMuho Senden daha Türk'ümdür buna emin olabilirsin. Ve senin gibi Müslümanligi ve Türklügü siralamam. Ramazan'da Orucumu tutarim 3 Mayis'da dernek'e gidip arkadaslarimla o günü kutlarim. Senin araplara karsi bir Nefretin oldugunu görüyorum ve inan bana Araplardan bende Nefret ederim hatta benim Nefretim senin Nefretinden büyükdür. Benim Atalarimi Sina'da Megiddo'da satan bir toplumun izinden gitmem ben Türk'üm Müslümanim bunun araplik ile alakasi yok.

[agaham]

@secco16 Hiçbir sevginin reklamı olmamalı, kullanılmamalı, bende Samsun'luyum muhtemelen ebveynlerinle aynı yaştayım, tabiki Atatürk ve Cumhuriyet kimsenin tekelinde olamaz, tüm bunlarda aynı fikirdeyim; Ancak nedense farklı siyasi görüşleri destekleyenler yasak olmamasına rağmen o mitinglere katılmadılar.

[agaham]

@AmBitiHzMuho Yolun açık olsun kardeşim.

[AmBitiHzMuho]

@mirac55 Turk degilmisin sen? Yoksa "once musluman, sonra Turkmusun"?

Yoksa kendini arapmi hissediyorsun? Yoksa arabin boklu tarihini kendi Turk tarihinden daha iyimi biliyorsun?

[mirac55]

@agaham Dikkat ettiysen hicbiryere AKP yazmadim, sadece bizim sehirde Islam öncüdür dedim bunun Partiler ile alakasi yok ;)

[mirac55]

@AmBitiHzMuho Küfür kücük Insanlar'a yakisir devam et ;)

[AmBitiHzMuho]

@agaham Dogru diyorsun, AKP bir kurt partisidir, milletvekillerinin cogu kurttur ve AKP-PKK'nin en buyuk destekcileri ermenilerdir. Hepside bizi Anadoludan yok etmeye and icmisler. Bugun Potamyali Reco milletvekili secildigi kurt sehri Siirteydi, ogrenci genclerimizi kurtlere sikayet ediyordu, Siirtli kurt-arap karisi Eminede yanindaydi.