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Occupation Libraries: Gezi Parki Edition

You’ve all been following what’s up in Turkey, right?  Of course you have.

Turns out that park occupations continue to produce libraries.  Seems that folks have up and built one in Taksim Gezi Parki in Istanbul.

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Further images & text in Turkish here; brief article in English here.

[crossposted at The People’s Library Blog]

ETA: This following photo landed in the People’s Library inbox this morning. Enjoy.

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