The protesters’ language used in Taksim Gezi Park Protests which has included many initials in many aspects in Turkey is remarkable. That this different language has been manifested especially in the form of slogans and graffitis has been subjected to many column and humor magazines during the protests. In comparison to older protests Gezi has many distinct differences. This transformation in language has played a key role to understand social movements. When we accept the culture and accordingly social movements are structured as language we enter the field of semiotics directly. The aim of this study is to examine the discourse of Gezi Park Protests in the context of metaphoric and metonymic concepts which belongs to semiotics. The slogans and graffities in Protests will be taken as a base in this study. It is assumed that there ise a conversion from metaphoric plane to metonymic plane in the structure of these slogans and graffities. Transformation from metaphoric to metonymic plane is a suitable key to read social movements and change.
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