Woman labeled 'icon' of Turkey protests: It's not about me
By Ashley Fantz, CNN
updated 11:36 AM EDT, Wed June 5, 2013
(CNN) -- She has become a symbol of the violent protests in Turkey. Across social media, she's known as "The Woman in Red."
Wearing a red summer dress and a delicate necklace, the woman walked among demonstrators in Istanbul's Taksim Square when a security officer lurched at her and pepper-sprayed her so powerfully her hair was blown upward.
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