Talking Turkey: Lessons from the Crucible of Taksim Square
By Özlem Gezer in Istanbul
This was supposed to be Yusuf's honeymoon, but if it's a honeymoon it's an unusual one, seeing as he's holding an empty tear gas canister in his hand. Yusuf had dozens of such canisters fired at him by the Turkish police over the past few days. Sometimes he threw them back with his bare hands. But this empty canister is something he wants to keep as a memento. "This is a sign of our resistance, our victory against the provocateur," he says.
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