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1. M/S of demonstrators holding flowers and signs, one reads (in Turkish) "Resist Ethem", referring to the human rights activist who was shot in the head and killed by the police in protests in Ankara on June 2nd.

2. W/S of demonstrators holding up Che Guevara flags

3. M/S of demonstrators holding up signs, one reads (in Turkish), "Will account for killer cop"

4. W/S of demonstrators holding up sings , one reads (in Turkish): "Liberation, Revolution, Socialism"

5. W/S of thousands of demonstrators in Taksim Square, attending the union strike for the second day

6. W/S of demonstrator holding up a police shiled with red spray paint crossing out the "Polis" words and SDP painted over it. SDP is the acronym for the Party of the Socialist Revolution.

7. W/S of demonstrator talking to the camera saying, UPSOUND, "We couldn't use this place for like 10 years. And today we are here and we can say that we want freedom."

8. M/S of demonstrators holding up BDP signs (Peace and Democratic Party)

9. M/S of demonstrators wearing a turkish flag, one has the image of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

10. M/S of demonstrators together chanting slogans and holding up Peace and Democatic Party flags (BDP)

11. M/S of demonstrators together holding up a large turkish flag and chanting slogans in unison

12. C/U of signs, one reads (in Turkish) "Baseless Tayyip"

13. M/S of a group of woman demonstrators dancing and holding up CHP flags (the Republican People's Party)

14. M/S of demonstrators dancing, holding up hands in peace symbol

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Turkey: Protest politics at the heart of Taksim Square occupation

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the disputed Taksim Square, Istanbul on Wednesday, in solidarity with the KESK public sector workers' union federation strike, continuing for its second day. Young people from environmental and social justice groups mixed with older political campaigners from both right- and left-wing currents as the banners of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) streamed over the square and some waved flags depicting Argentinian revolutionary symbol Che Guevara.

Fury at police action and economic concerns both played their part in Monday's announcement by the Public Workers Unions Confederation (KESK) of a 48 hour strike from Tuesday to Thursday. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc apologised for the casualties at a press conference on Tuesday morning, describing the initial protest as "reasonable and justified".

The initial protests that sparked the anti-government movement in Turkey began on May 27 when local environmental and political groups staged a peaceful occupation to stop construction work on a government-backed project. The project is meant to replace the park with a new mosque, shopping mall and reconstruction of a famous Ottoman-era barracks. The protest has since swelled, engulfing over 70 towns across the country with displays of defiance against the government and Prime Minister Reccep Tayyip Erdogan.