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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 01:24 PM Jun 2013

Photojournalist Jenna Pope is on the way to Turkey

I've posted her work here before, being the RNC or DNC (I don't remember if she covered both), Sandy Relief, Wisconsin's Walker Recall, the recent Bronx resistance, and of course Occupy...

Jenna Pope ‏@BatmanWI 56m
At the airport in NYC. Getting ready to fly to Istanbul, Turkey to photograph the protests there. #OccupyGezi #OccupyTurkey


The Real News ‏@therealnews 4h
250,000 Turkish Workers Join Mass Protests In More Than 67 cities: http://bit.ly/134hmvc
Retweeted by Jenna Pope


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Photojournalist Jenna Pope is on the way to Turkey (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 OP
Stay safe, Jenna. formercia Jun 2013 #1
+1. limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #3
A note of caution: formercia Jun 2013 #2
hmmmmm..... warrprayer Jun 2013 #4
Jenna has a video up: formercia Jun 2013 #5

formercia

(18,479 posts)
2. A note of caution:
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 01:59 PM
Jun 2013



Turkish police arrest suspected Iranian agent in Ankara protests




4 June 2013 /BAYRAM KAYA, ANKARA


Turkish police have arrested, among others, an Iranian national named Shayan Shamloo in connection with violent demonstrations in the Turkish capital that followed what was initially a peaceful environmental protest at Gezi Park in İstanbul.





According to a source in the government who wanted to remain anonymous because of the pending investigation into violent events held in a couple of locations in Ankara, the Iranian national was suspected to have played a provocateur role.


The same source also told Today's Zaman that authorities suspect Mr. Shamloo has connections with the Iranian intelligence. Police have reportedly arrested some 15 foreign nationals across the country in connection with events and most of them have turned out to be Iranian nationals.


The pro-government Star daily reported on Tuesday that another Iranian national named Ramin Sarabi (AKA Rıza) was arrested in Erzurum on charges of leading a plot to attack a delegation of the wise man group, which has been tasked with canvassing the province of Erzurum province to feel the pulse of the people regarding the resolution process with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).





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More at the link:


http://www.todayszaman.com/news-317401-turkish-police-arrest-suspected-iranian-agent-in-ankara-protests.html





warrprayer

(4,734 posts)
4. hmmmmm.....
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 06:10 PM
Jun 2013

"The pro-government Star daily reported on Tuesday that another Iranian national named Ramin Sarabi (AKA Rıza) was arrested in Erzurum on charges of leading a plot to attack a delegation of the wise man group, which has been tasked with canvassing the province of Erzurum province to feel the pulse of the people regarding the resolution process with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)."


translation - the government is trying everything to say the protests aren't legitimate

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