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The Lawyers of Istanbul Are Clashing with Police
When even the lawyers are rebelling, you know you've got a problem.
VICE Staff
6.11.13
VICE News
Istanbul Rising
On Friday, May 31, Turkish riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray into a peaceful protest held to save Gezi Park, one of the last green areas in central Istanbul.
VICE Staff
6.7.13
Travel
The Sixth Day of Fire, Tear Gas, and Blood in Istanbul
On the sixth day of the biggest civil uprising Turkey has seen in a decade, police forces retreated from Taksim Square in central Istanbul following a 36-hour battle. Tens of thousands of protesters spent the whole night resisting an unregulated and...
Esra Gurmen, Photos: Nazim Serhat Firat and Ali Gü
6.1.13

Travel
Occupiers Faced Down Cops in Istanbul's Taksim Square
After four days of nonviolent protests that brought the attention of celebrities and opposition politicians, and attacks by the police that included tear gas and water cannons, the burgeoning Occupy Gezi movement has won at least a temporary victory...
Text: Zeynep Lokmanoglu Photos: Nazim Serhat Firat, Zeynep Lokmanoglu and Esra Gurmen, Photos: Nazim Ser
5.31.13