35 Powerful Images Of The Violent Protests Against The Leadership in Turkey

Please note this post was not created by Jay Clapp Photography but by Noam Galai

The protests against the leadership in Turkey are entering their 7th day today, and Flickr is flooded with thousands of images showing the violent clashes. The protests started when the government decided to destroy Taksim Square, one of Istanbul’s only public parks, and transform it into a development project – But the protests quickly became about much more than that. They escalated to those against the Islamisation of Turkey, the brutality of the police, and the autocratic behavior by PM Recep Erdogan. [more]

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