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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

by 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 Jun8 13y ago

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