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I flew down to Istanbul this weekend to support my friends. Joined in the protests on the front lines - have some photos up: http://travel.ninjito.com/dump/2013

by kweks 13y ago

I flew down to Istanbul this weekend to support my friends. Joined in the protests on the front lines - have some photos up: http://travel.ninjito.com/dump/2013-06-01-Istanbul-Protests/index.html http://travel.ninjito.com/dump/2013-06-01-Istanbul-Protests/...

sheri 13y ago
Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing.
- kweks 13y ago
  My pleasure. Did my best to help out the cause, and tried to remain objective in the photos I took and the text as well. I'd appreciate it if you wanted to share the link - I tried posting on the front page of HN but don't think I have enough karma (it just .. disappeared..)
  - croikle 13y ago
    Submission is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5825443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5825443 if anyone would like to support it. kweks: Posts start on 'new', and only rise to the front page if they get enough traction. Unfortunately, yours has been missed so far.
Jun8 13y ago
Great high-quality photos! Two points I want to underline: (i) the protester-driven excavator in photo 23 is a story onto itself (for those who can read Turkish, the full story can be found here: http://eksisozluk.com/poma--556945?a=today http://eksisozluk.com/poma--556945?a=today) (ii) note that all the protesters in the mosque (Valide Sultan mosque, in Besiktas) have not forgotten taken off their shoes, as is the custom, even in that furor, thus disproving that the protests were anti-Islam.
- kweks 13y ago
  A little bit hard to follow the google translation sadly. I was running injured people back and forth into the mosque - what you said about the shoes was totally correct. In the end we had a system that people would meet us at the door to carry in the injured. At one point an ambulance needed to go through - I ran in front clearing the way, up to where the digger was parked at the intersection. Someone from the crowd jumped in to start it to make way for the ambulance, and spurred on by cheers, drove the thing forward, over the barricades, and directly into the water cannon trucks, sending the cops retreating. After making a solid advance of about 500m or so, he was joined by 2 semi-trailers, before he was gassed out of the cabin. As he came down, I sprayed his eyes, and had a good 10 second pause, contemplating if it was worth driving the digger more. Eventually I decided that it wasn't my place (as a foreigner) to drive it, someone else jumped in and took off, and I hopped in the semi-trailer to help the driver who had been gassed. Shot some video of the digger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-r7CVQzF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-r7CVQzF0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBsdYCOLuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBsdYCOLuY and from the truck cab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSA79KpOSZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSA79KpOSZI

by kweks 13y ago

sheri 13y ago

Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing.

kweks 13y ago
My pleasure. Did my best to help out the cause, and tried to remain objective in the photos I took and the text as well. I'd appreciate it if you wanted to share the link - I tried posting on the front page of HN but don't think I have enough karma (it just .. disappeared..)
- croikle 13y ago
  Submission is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5825443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5825443 if anyone would like to support it. kweks: Posts start on 'new', and only rise to the front page if they get enough traction. Unfortunately, yours has been missed so far.

Jun8 13y ago

Great high-quality photos! Two points I want to underline: (i) the protester-driven excavator in photo 23 is a story onto itself (for those who can read Turkish, the full story can be found here: http://eksisozluk.com/poma--556945?a=today http://eksisozluk.com/poma--556945?a=today) (ii) note that all the protesters in the mosque (Valide Sultan mosque, in Besiktas) have not forgotten taken off their shoes, as is the custom, even in that furor, thus disproving that the protests were anti-Islam.

kweks 13y ago
A little bit hard to follow the google translation sadly. I was running injured people back and forth into the mosque - what you said about the shoes was totally correct. In the end we had a system that people would meet us at the door to carry in the injured. At one point an ambulance needed to go through - I ran in front clearing the way, up to where the digger was parked at the intersection. Someone from the crowd jumped in to start it to make way for the ambulance, and spurred on by cheers, drove the thing forward, over the barricades, and directly into the water cannon trucks, sending the cops retreating. After making a solid advance of about 500m or so, he was joined by 2 semi-trailers, before he was gassed out of the cabin. As he came down, I sprayed his eyes, and had a good 10 second pause, contemplating if it was worth driving the digger more. Eventually I decided that it wasn't my place (as a foreigner) to drive it, someone else jumped in and took off, and I hopped in the semi-trailer to help the driver who had been gassed. Shot some video of the digger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-r7CVQzF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-r7CVQzF0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBsdYCOLuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBsdYCOLuY and from the truck cab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSA79KpOSZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSA79KpOSZI