Day 1
May 27, 2013
Air view of the park.
Construction vehicles entering the park.
After the destruction.
Civilians start to occupy the park.
Day 2
May 28, 2013
View of the area in the morning after the construction performed at night.
Protesters arguing with the officers to stop the construction.
Protesters planting the taken down trees.
An old man helps with the planting.
Police forces start to occupy the area.
A snapshot from the taken down trees.
Construction vehicles restart the destruction.
The crowd at night.
Day 3
May 29, 2013
Protesters in the park.
Tents of the protesters.
Fire truck and police force vehicles.
Construction vehicles restart the destruction.
Sırrı Süreyya Önder stands against the bulldozers.
Number of protesters increase as hours pass by.
Crowd at night.
Day 4
May 30, 2013
Police forces raid and start to burn the tents of the protesters.
Protesters running away from the smokes.
Police attacks against the crowd using tear gas. The woman in red becomes the icon of the movement.
No matter what you do, we gave our final decision.
A snapshot of the police force using tear gas and water cannon against the protesters.
Day 5
May 31, 2013
It says "Chemical Tayyip", refering to the prime minister of Turkey
Ironic reaction of civils against the tear gas.
Police enters İstiklal street.
Turkish artists protesting with the crowd.
Turkish artists protesting with the crowd.
An injured journalist.
Police uses tear gas in the metro station. (Consequently, station is closed.)
Tents of the protesters are getting burned by the police.
Some of the tents are carried out by the police as well.
Officers taking photos of the moment.
Sırrı Süreyya Önder was hit by a tear gas capsule.
News from the Taksim Gezi Park is prohibited by the government. Telecommunication is getting jammed as well. MoBeSe (global survelliance system) cams are shut down in Taksim. This is what gets reflected in local channels: "Protesters attack against the police with stones and sticks."
Ironically protesters bring food to the police.
The painter Mehmet Güleryüz.
A public bus blocks the street to stop the police forces.
Taksim from above.
Starbucks Coffee in İstiklal.
Local guards from army handing out gas masks to the protesters running away from police forces.
Crowds from the major cities around Turkey occupy the streets to support the protesters in Taksim. (A scene from İzmir, Turkey.)
Another scene from İzmir, Turkey.
A scene from Ankara, the capital of Turkey.
Konya, Turkey.
A scene from Eskişehir, Turkey.
A group of supporters from Paris.
A group of supporters from Vienna.
Local media after the prohibition.
Turkish TV channels on the day of the events.
A tear gas bomb thrown from a helicopter.
Empty tear gas cartridges.
Harbiye, İstanbul.
From protests in Tunalı, Ankara, Turkey.
Eskişehir, Turkey, at night.
The church and the greeks are in Hilton İstanbul to support the protests.
Cumhuriyet Square, Antalya, Turkey.
Cumhuriyet Square, Antalya, Turkey.
The warning written on the tear gas cartridge: "Do not directly take aim at human."
Alsancak, İzmir, Turkey.
Aydın, Turkey.
Aydın, Turkey.
Protesters taking shelter in nearby shopping malls.
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