Followers of the Worker's Part (ISCI) rally in Taksim Square during the seventh day of protests. The protests began when three people blocked the path of a bulldozer ready to tear down trees in Gezi Park, the last park in the city's center. Protests over a mall planned in place of the park have grown into much larger protests in Taksim Square with growing discontent of Prime Minister's Recep Tayyip Erdogan policies.
A protestor runs from behind a shield with the middle name of Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during clashes with police in Istanbul's Taksim Square. Hundreds of police entered the square during early morning hours with water cannons pushing aside barricades protesters had built. Protests in Istanbul began when three people blocked the path of a bulldozer tearing down trees in Gezi Park, the last park in the city's center.
A protestor helps another to safety as police fire a water cannon during violent clashes between police and protestors in Istanbul's Taksim Square.
A man wearing a homemade mask to protect himself from tear gas, stands in front of a barricade erected as an attempt to block the road from the police advancing in the Dolma Bahce area of the Besiktas district near Taksim Square during a sixth day of protests in the city against Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK party.
Protestors from Galatasaray High School march up Isitklal (Independence) Avenue toward Taksim Square during the fourth day of protests. The protests began when three people blocked the path of a bulldozer ready to tear down trees in Gezi Park, the last park in the city's center. Protests over a mall planned in place of the park grew into much larger protests in Taksim Square, adjacent to the park, with growing discontent toward Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policies.
Protestors throw bottles and rocks as police use water cannons and tear gas against them in Istanbul's Taksim Square.
A protestor wearing a Guy Fawkes mask waves a flag of Turkey's founder and first president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Istanbul's Taksim Square during a rally on the tenth day of protests.
Smoke rises from fires set by protestors in Istanbul's Taksim Square protesting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policies.
A man carries a section of metal fencing to add to a barricade protestors erected as attempt to block the road from police in the Dolma Bahce area of the Besiktas district near Taksim Square during a sixth day of protests in the city.
Protestors join a rally sponsored by TGB (Youth Union of Turkey), a left-wing nationalist revolutionary group founded in 2006, that advocates the principles of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in Istanbul's Gezi Park as part of a larger rally in Taksim Square during the tenth day of major protests.
Police fire tear gas toward protestors near Istanbul Technical University. Major protests continued for a sixth night in the city.
Protestors confront a line of police in Istanbul's Taksim Square after hundreds of police entered the square during early morning hours with water cannons.
Hundreds of police turn back a few thousand protestors marching up Istiklal Street toward Taksim Square on the one year anniversary of the protests in Gezi Park. Police prevented the protestors from entering Taksim Square.
A couple protesting in Istanbul's Gezi Park sit amidst the rubble while other protestors enter the park for an evening gathering. Protestors to the planned redevelopment of Gezi Park, which included a mall and replica of the historic Taksim Military Barracks, promoted by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, set up an encampment in the park after three people blocked the path of a bulldozer tearing down trees in the park, the last in the city's center. The protests spread to more than 78 Turkish cities over the course of two weeks leaving five dead and more than 5,000 injured. Protests continue with their scope expanding to dissatisfaction with Erdogan's conservative politics and the perceived threat of steering Turkey toward a non-secular society where 97 percent of the population follows Islam.
A protestor is aided after being injured by tear gas in clashes with police in Istanbul's Taksim Square.
A protestor is rushed to an aid station in Gezi Park after being injured in clashes with police in Istanbul's Taksim Square.
Protestors adjust their masks in hopes of lessening the effects of tear gas fired by police during protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square.
A couple shares a quiet moment amongst the crowd of protestors gathered in Gezi Park next to Taksim Square during the fourth day of protests.
Protestors attend a rally in Istanbul's Taksim Square on the tenth day of protests throughout Turkey.
Many protestors like this 32-year-old mother of one son, wrote their blood type (O negative) on their arms in case they were to need a transfusion from injuries suffered while clashing with police. She also wrote the message, "I live for freedom" on her wrist. Violent clashes went on through the night after police cleared out Gezi Park of protestors (who had occupied the park for two weeks) with battles continuing into the early morning hours. Police used water cannons, laced with a chemical that causes skin burns, tear gas and sound grenades to disperse the crowds.
Taksim Square
- Followers of the Worker's Part (ISCI) rally in Taksim Square during the seventh day of protests. The protests began when three people blocked the path of a bulldozer ready to tear down trees in Gezi Park, the last park in the city's center. Protests over a mall planned in place of the park have grown into much larger protests in Taksim Square with growing discontent of Prime Minister's Recep Tayyip Erdogan policies.
