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| Simit Cart hiding my Fear of Photographing Police Waiting for Orders |
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| Police blocking entry to center of Taksim Square |
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| The Police with their water cannon and the People, an everyday sight? |
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| The 30 is hopefully not a pedestrian speed limit for crossing the street ! |
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| I was going to ask the girls what they were protesting but they escaped before I could |
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| Police protecting the center concrete in a strange game. |
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| Good location for people watching, underneath Marmara Hotel |
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| Another good location to see and to be seen |
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| This group of police are not really separated. There is another group just around the corner. |
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| Strange character with interesting dog or the other way around. |
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| Same character without hindrance but further away. |
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| It must be the wife. The eyes tell it all. |
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| What do you think those three guys are comparing behind their shields? |
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| The group around the corner and the loner talking and looking tough with hipster pants, but love handles |
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| Just could not delete this disgusted face. Possibly a permanent fixture |
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| Not only the police can be tough |
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| The older lady at the cafe was saluting the police with her glass of beer just before the photo (beer in the open will soon be banned) |
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| Almost nobody in this establishment. Baklava not very good or they refused to aid protesters |
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| Best seating for the action on Taksim Square at terrace of Burger King |
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| Western and Eastern tourists loving the crowds and the excitement |
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| The crowd is getting thicker by the minute as more come up from Istiklal |
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| Just before the groups moved on the square |
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| Lost! Totally lost ! But, Hey! It's Fun! |
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| These lasses appear to know what is what |
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| Eser, envious of my great photography, tries to block a great shot |
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| Bringing up your child. Show and Tell |
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| Other special lodge seating for the Taksim Square Activities |
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| Group of kids and the police |
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| They actually got me wet while horseplay or intentionally. Eser took the opportunity |
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| The church and the people, the witness and the spectators |
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| For sale as drinking water fresh out of a fridge. |
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| Clapping and chanting group moving towards the center |
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| Police lined up protecting the center (this is after we escaped ) |
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| Shot over the heads of the police and some people and after our video of running away. |
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| Others getting away |
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| Behind the police line safely |
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| The T-shirt says it all. |
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| Blaming the ruling party and the Kurdish party for the deaths of the Kurdish and the Worker protesters |
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| A tourist family allowed through the police line on the other side of the square |
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| Family with baby and kid, checking out the square |
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| conservative moslems |
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| The man is selling water and wind up toys !!! |
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| On the way back |
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| I would not trust this nanny or mother after tonight. |
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| Another group checking each other |
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| These girls are the Foreign agents sent to stop this group of police from doing their duty. The guy on the left is their startegist |
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| The police protecting the recently gassed flowers and trees of the park |
