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Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters scuffle and throw carnations at riot police at Taksim Square. REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters try to stop an armored crowd control truck from which the riot police fire water cannon. REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Police intervened with water cannons against thousands of protesters peaceful gathered today in Istanbul’s Taksim Square to commemorate the four casualties in nearly a month of protests. REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
A protester holds a flower as thousands commemorate three fellow protesters and a police officer killed during the countrywide protests. REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
A disabled person was also affected by police's intervention. AA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
After warning the crowd to disperse from the square, riot police used water cannons to quell the demonstration. AA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Many protesters had started to disperse following police’s warning prior to the intervention. AA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
The square was mostly cleared after the intervention as some protesters regrouped at the İstiklal Avenue which intersects with the square. AA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters raise their hands during the commemoration event. the names of the four deceased were read as the crowd answered back 'they are here.' REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Water cannon trucks also entered the iconic İstiklal Avenue after the intervention at the Taksim Square. AA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
The water sprayed by the trucks contain the same chemicals as the tear gas. AA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters were holding a peaceful demonstration before the police intervened. AA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Pictures of the three protesters deceased during protests - Mehmet Ayvalıtaş, Abdullah Cömert and Ethem Sarısülük- were held during protests. AA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
The crowd also protested the police's evacuation of Gezi Park, which became the starting point and heart of the nationwide demonstration, last Saturday. AA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Despite not initially using tear gas during the intervention to the square, police fired tear gas bombs to protesters who scattered to side streets.
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters scuffle with riot police at Taksim Square before the intervention. REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters were heard shouting 'Police, don't betray the people' during the scuffles. REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu justified police intervention, saying that demonstrators were disrupting the car traffic at the Taksim Square. AFP photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
'The incident has come to a point far beyond than laying carnations, where the public order was disrupted. The intervention was carried out due to the hindrance of public and normal transport and the access of taxis and buses [to the square],' Governor Mutlu said.
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
'Taksim Solidarity Platform has made a call to disturb the peaceful environment in Taksim area. The group has blocked the square nearly for an hour,' Mutlu added to justify the police intervention.
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Tear gas was fired at the side streets connecting to the İstiklal Avenue as well as at the Sıraselviler Avenue that also intersects with the Taksim Square. DHA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
The square was mostly cleared after the intervention but many protesters didn't leave the area for hours. DHA photo.
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
30 injured were treated in the infirmary set up at the Mechanical Engineer Chamber’s building, daily Radikal reported, including 10 that were wounded by rubber bullets. DHA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters shield themselves as riot police fire water cannon at Taksim Square. REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Some protesters have thrown carnations to the riot police in 'retaliation' to the intervention. AFP photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
According to daily Radikal, nine injured were treated in another infirmary at the Istanbul Bar’s Office. Four among them were conveyed to the hospital, the report also said. REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
A protester stands in front of an armored crowd control truck from which the riot police fire water cannon at Taksim Square. REUTERS photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
No political messages or flags were displayed as protesters only brought Taksim Platform banners and the national flag. AFP photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
There was intense tear gas in some side streets hours after the initial intervention. DHA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputies Sırrı Süreyya Önder (C), Sabahat Tuncel and Ertuğrul Kürkçü had also attended the demonstration. DHA photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan likened the wave of protests in Turkey to the demos in Brazil, arguing that the same plot was set up in both countries during a party rally in Samsun. AFP phot
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
The protests were sparked after the municipality's attempt to cut down trees at Gezi Park, which stands next to the Taksim Square. The demonstrations spread following the police's brutal crackdown to early protests, eventually becoming a wider movement demanding more freedoms. AFP photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
The police did not let the protesters enter back into Gezi Park, which has been cordoned off since last week. Only nine members of the Taksim Platform were allowed by the Istanbul's Governor Office to lay flowers in the memory of the three demonstrators and one police officer who died during the wave of protests. AP photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters lay on the ground during a commemoration for fellow protesters killed during the demonstrations in the previous weeks. AFP photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters run from the jet of a water cannon on Taksim square in Istanbul. AFP photo
Police fire water cannons against protesters armed with carnations
Protesters hold red carnations during a commemoration event. REUTERS photo
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