Turkey today
1. A woman is attacked by water cannon during protests in Kizilay Square in central Ankara, June 16, 2013. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
2. People rest on Bosphorus Bridge as they march from Anatolian side to European side to Taksim Square in Istanbul, early on June 16, 2013. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
3&4. Riot police use a water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters at Taksim square in central Istanbul June 16, 2013. (Osman Orsal/Reuters)
5. A pretzel vendor walks in front of a line of Turkish police cordoning off Taksim Square, in Istanbul on June 16, 2013. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)
6. A supporter wears a mask showing Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during a rally of ruling AK party in Istanbul June 16, 2013. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)
7. Plain clothes policemen detain an anti-government protester at Taksim Square in central Istanbul June 16, 2013. (Stringer/Reuters)
8. Police detain a wounded protester on June 16, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)
9. A combination photo shows a protester being sprayed by the police’s water cannon during a demonstration at Kizilay Square in central Ankara June 16, 2013. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
10. Police detain protesters on June 16, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)
Istanbul today — before police crackdown
1. A protest camp at Gezi Park on June 15, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)
2. A cat passes by sleeping protesters at the Gezi Park of the Taksim Square in Istanbul early Saturday, June 15, 2013. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)
3. Protesters clean the entrance to Gezi park in Istanbul’s Taksim Square June 15, 2013. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
4. A man walks in front of t-shirts for sale with text reading ‘We are all ‘vandals’ ‘, in reference to the term used by Turkish Prime Minister to describe some of the demonstrators who participated in recent protests, in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, on June 15, 2013. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images)
5. A man wearing a safety helmet and a gas mask plays a cello in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on June 15, 2013. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images)
6. Activists chat in front of their tents at Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey on June 15, 2013. (Erdem Sahin/EPA)
7. A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask is pictured through a damaged car as he lies on an overturned vehicle at the entrance of Gezi park in central Istanbul June 15, 2013. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)
8. A man holds a flower outside a camp at Gezi Park as hundreds of protestors gather again on June 15, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)
9. A Turkish riot policeman holds a weapon while standing in Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 15, 2013. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)
10. Protesters sit on the steps of Gezi Park of Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 15, 2013. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)
Finals week.
I apologize for the delays in updates (AGAIN!), but it’s finals week and my education is top priority. When the madness is over, I promised to get my tumblr act together again.
Thanks for all the love (and your patience)! <3 <3 <3
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