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| Coming Back Home 3:00 PM Still empty |
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| Next Street Up and Facade of the new Park Hotel |
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| Moving Up towards Taksim on Gumussuyu Boulevard |
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| Huge Derelict Historic Building Is Bigger Risk Than Any Protests |
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| Close Up of the Fire Trap the renovation of which should precede construction of anything on Gezi Park or anywhere on Taksim Square |
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| Occupying Police Forces Resting at Taksim Square |
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| Two Scorpions on Taksim Square |
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| A Popular Current Istanbul Attraction Is the Police Presence at Taksim |
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| Two Sitting Police Protecting Gezi Park from the People |
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| More police resting |
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| Eser Feels the Imaginary Water Cannon and the Raw Power of the TOMA |
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| Metal collector with his new found treasure with very low milage |
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| Resting, keeping watch, or protecting? |
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| Blankets and pillow shunned by the cleaning crew and the metal collector? or dropped to be picked again for Sunday night? |
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| Carnation Tree and Homeless Teen at Taksim Square |
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| More police at other end of the square and tourists moving towards hotel or airport bus. |
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| The corner fast food joints and the top floor and terrace of Burger King which stayed open throughout police intervention last night. |
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| Beginning of Siraselviler Street towrds Cihangir, Scene of major police water and gas attacks last night. |
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| Start of Istiklal Street from Taksim Square, with French Consulate behind the trees on the right. |
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| A shoe store that is open on Sunday and was open until the police started rushing into Istiklal last night. |
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| A Different accordion player |
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| Corn and bomb? |
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| This was a popular side street off Istiklal with street seating cafes and restaurants, until they were banned last year. Pepper gassed heavily last night. |
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| The typical playful Ice Cream Man |
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| Many tourists from Middle East and North Africa, both conservative and modern. |
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| And other tourists |
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| Another heavily gassed side street which was full of backgammon, tea and beer joints till last year. |
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| Where are all the pubs, cafes and backgammon tables and chairs? |
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| Famous Nevizade Street of reasonably priced Meyhanes. Attacked by police about 10:00 PM last night when all restaurants were full. |
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| Another picture of Nevizade. I will try to download video of pepper gas chaos from last night taken by waiter of one of the waiters. |
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| Moving towards Istiklal from Fish Market |
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| Avrupa Arcade, between the Flower/Fish Market and British Consulate old gate |
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| Galatasaray Gates, well known meeting point for the lost and their families. |
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| Gates of Galatasaray High School, Midway on Istiklal. |
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| A TOMA and plainclothesmen protecting British Royal Family? |
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| Yesterday was no different than this on Istiklal, a few hours before the police intervention |
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| Endless Historic Trams Moving Towards the Future |
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| Young Turk Association Selling Banners and T-Shirts Calling for Resignation of Turkish Prime Minister on Istiklal |
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| Kid Protesting High Cost of Historic Tram? |
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| Two Carts, One Absentee Vendor with Materials |
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| The German Consulate in Istanbul. One Street Above Ours. |
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| Leaving Our Home. Noon, June 23, 2013 |
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