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Doctor M. Popular (docpop@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 05:22:38 JST Doctor M. Popular

Stunning photos of a person dressed like a whirling dervish being peppersprayed by police at a protest in Istanbul. The first photo is by Chris McGrath, who has more photos and important details about these protests in this IG post https://www.instagram.com/p/DHlZZjhtq8L/?img_index=1
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1. A protestor wearing a gas mask, a tall fex hat, and a black robe that goes down to their feet. The robe gets bigger near the bottom so it can spread out when the person wearing it does a spin. The protestor is standing in front of a row of riot police at night. The air is filled with moist droplets of pepper spray, and it looks like the protestor is being heavily targeted by officers using this pepper spray.
  https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/219/099/857/190/875/original/6993616087339872.jpg
2. The same person wearing a gas mask, tall yellow fez hat, and black robes, standing with their arms outstretched and back towards the row of riot police. It is a very defiant pose and striking juxtoposition of heavily armored police against one confident protestor. The air is filled with smoke and the lighting is very dramatic, like a scene out of an action film.
  https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/219/110/508/480/975/original/459e3878baef7c9c.webp
3. Police officers use pepper spray on a demonstrator wearing traditional dervish clothing during a protest on the day Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 23, 2025. / Credit: REUTERS
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  Chris McGrath on Instagram: "Protests continued over the past two days after the Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, who was due to be selected as a presidential candidate for the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) during a primary election yesterday, was jailed on corruption charges following his detention earlier last week. He was among at least 100 politicians, business leaders and journalists detained as part of investigations into corruption. Image 1: A protester wearing a gas mask and dressed in dervish clothing is pepper sprayed by police during clashes with police in front of Istanbul’s famous Aquaduct on March 23, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. #gettyimagesnews #gettyimages #photojournalism #news #protest #politics #istanbul #ekremimamoglu #turkey"
  
  2,265 likes, 57 comments - cmcgrath_photo on March 24, 2025: "Protests continued over the past two days after the Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, who was due to be selected as a presidential candidate for the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) during a primary election yesterday, was jailed on corruption charges following his detention earlier last week. He was among at least 100 politicians, business leaders and journalists detained as part of investigations into corruption. Image 1: A protester wearing a gas mask and dressed in dervish clothing is pepper sprayed by police during clashes with police in front of Istanbul’s famous Aquaduct on March 23, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. #gettyimagesnews #gettyimages #photojournalism #news #protest #politics #istanbul #ekremimamoglu #turkey".

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