The photo that encapsulates Turkey’s protests and the severe police crackdown
By Max Fisher, Published: June 3, 2013 at 12:01 pmE-mail the writer
(REUTERS/Osman Orsal)
Protesters and police in Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park last week. (REUTERS/Osman Orsal)
Turkey’s protest movement has ebbed and flowed dramatically over the past week, as has the government’s sometimes heavy-handed response, but this photo from last Tuesday, the second day of large-scale demonstration, remains an iconic and affecting symbol of the ongoing movement.
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