Tunisian Revolution

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political event revolution social movement uprising

The Tunisian Revolution was a wave of popular protests and civil resistance in Tunisia that overthrew President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 and sparked broader uprisings across the Arab world.

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Surface form Occurrences
2010–2011 Tunisian Revolution 1
Jasmine Revolution 1
Tunisian Revolution demonstrations of 2010–2011 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political event ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
aftermath adoption of a new Tunisian constitution in 2014 ⓘ
increased political pluralism in Tunisia ⓘ
legal proceedings against former regime figures ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Jasmine Revolution

Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Tunisian Uprising
cause authoritarian rule of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
high unemployment ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
restrictions on freedom of expression ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
endDate 2011-01-14 ⓘ
influenced Bahraini uprising of 2011 ⓘ
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Civil War of 2011

Syrian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Syrian uprising of 2011

Yemeni Revolution of 2011 ⓘ
surface form: Yemeni uprising of 2011
location Kasserine ⓘ
Sfax ⓘ
Sidi Bouzid ⓘ
Sousse ⓘ
Tunis ⓘ
mediaRole use of satellite television to broadcast events ⓘ
use of social media to organize protests ⓘ
method civil resistance ⓘ
demonstrations ⓘ
mass protests ⓘ
online activism ⓘ
strikes ⓘ
opponent Constitutional Democratic Rally ⓘ
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
participant Tunisian General Labour Union ⓘ
Tunisian human rights activists ⓘ
Tunisian lawyers ⓘ
Tunisian youth ⓘ
partOf Arab Spring ⓘ
result beginning of democratic transition in Tunisia ⓘ
dissolution of the Constitutional Democratic Rally party ⓘ
election of a Constituent Assembly in 2011 ⓘ
end of Ben Ali regime ⓘ
flight of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to Saudi Arabia ⓘ
formation of interim governments ⓘ
overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
startDate 2010-12-17 ⓘ
triggerEvent self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi ⓘ
triggerEventDate 2010-12-17 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunisian Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jasmine Revolution
Tunisian Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tunisian Uprising
Women of the Arab Spring → associatedWithEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Yemeni Revolution of 2011 → inspiredBy → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Sidi Bouzid → knownFor → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2010–2011 Tunisian Revolution
Arab Spring → ledTo → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 → precededBy → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Avenue Habib Bourguiba → significantEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tunisian Revolution demonstrations of 2010–2011
Carthage Palace → significantEvent → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tunisian Revolution of 2010–2011
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali → wasDeposedDuring → Tunisian Revolution ⓘ