HURRIYET Instanbul - During the 1970s it was common to hear news on the radio about a group of anarchists being arrested. Those anarchists, however, were not like today’s anarchists in Greece or other places in the world. They were mainly communists, university students and the word anarchist was not used because of its ideological meaning, but merely to mark their opposition to the existing social order. Anarchism was a long way from defending itself as a political stance for the highly politicized youth of the 70s. Today, however, supporting their anarchist brothers and sisters in Greece, anarchism has started to rise in Turkey as an ideology. There are several anarchist groups in Turkey, such as Istanbul Ahali, meaning mass or community, which is one of the most widespread anarchist organizations with branches in Ankara, Eskişehir, İzmit and Mersin. Accelerating after the 1990s, the anarchist movement made a name for itself with the military conscientious objection movement. In 2000, the invasion of Iraq and the anti-war movement was another point at which anarchists came forward in Turkey. They strove to tell society the right way to progress without becoming marginalized or falling into the trap of existing clichŽs. The ecology and anti-nuclear movements are also political arenas featuring anarchists ...>>>  http://garizo.blogspot.com/2008/12/hurriyet-turk-anarchists-to-to.html