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Erdoğan Wages Unending War on Gezi, Targeting a Celebrity Manager a Decade Later

Erdoğan Wages Unending War on Gezi, Targeting a Celebrity Manager a Decade Later

News EditorBy News EditorMay 5, 2025 Turkey Reports 3 Mins Read

More than a decade after the Gezi Park protests united millions of Turks in a historic call for freedom, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s long and vengeful memory has reached out to claim another victim. The arrest and impending trial of Ayşe Barım, a prominent manager for Turkey’s top television stars, is not an act of justice. It is a calculated act of intimidation and a chilling message from a regime at war with its own past: The Gezi chapter is never closed, and no one is safe from retribution.

Barım is scheduled to appear in court on July 7, facing a charge so wildly disproportionate to the alleged crime that it borders on the surreal: “attempting to overthrow the government.” The state’s evidence, laid out in a 171-page indictment, centers on the accusation that, back in 2013, she “pushed” her celebrity clients to join the nationwide peaceful demonstrations. For this, she faces up to 30 years in prison.

Let us be clear. This is not a legal proceeding; it is a political witch hunt. The timing itself—an investigation launched more than ten years after the events—exposes the case as a complete fabrication, devoid of any legal urgency or legitimacy. It serves a single purpose: to remind the nation, particularly its cultural and artistic communities, that the state’s power is absolute and its memory for “disloyalty” is infinite.

The Gezi Park protests were Erdoğan’s greatest political challenge. It was a spontaneous, leaderless movement that rejected his authoritarian drift. He has never forgiven it. Ever since, his government has been engaged in a systematic effort to crush the Gezi spirit, imprisoning activists, business leaders, and artists under fabricated charges. Philanthropist Osman Kavala’s life sentence is the most egregious example of this vendetta.

Ayşe Barım‘s case is the latest chapter in this saga. By targeting a well-connected and respected figure within the entertainment industry, the government is sending a clear threat. The message to actors, writers, directors, and musicians is unambiguous: “Stay silent. Do not engage. Do not criticize. Remember what we did to those who joined the protests a decade ago. We can do it to you today.”

The prosecutor’s claims that Barım coordinated with figures like Osman Kavala and Memet Ali Alabora are designed to weave her into the government’s pre-written “conspiracy” narrative. It is a cynical attempt to legitimize a politically motivated arrest by linking it to previous show trials.

This is the face of Erdoğan’s Turkey today—a country where the judiciary is a weapon, where decade-old protests are grounds for life-altering accusations, and where the president’s personal grievances are codified into state policy. Ayşe Barım’s ordeal is not just about one woman’s freedom; it is a stark reminder that in the fight for Turkey’s soul, the ghosts of Gezi are still the ones the regime fears the most.

Authoritarianism Ayse Barim Freedom of Speech Gezi Park Human Rights Political Prisoners Recep Tayyip Erdogan Show Trial Turkey
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