I snapped this photo of a popular medical marijuana dispensary storefront in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles last week. Wedding photo-ops at Gezi Parki is becoming a tradition. Protesters arrested today in Istanbul are lined up like POWs What the police are adding to water they spray on people: Saturday night in Beyoglu, from Jenna Pope’s photoblog Protesters face water canons. Saturday night in Beyoglu, from Jenna Pope’s photoblog Peopl standing-off against the police in Istiklal Ave. Ramis Topal, an MP with the main opposition party in Turkey at the hospital after his nose was broken by the police in front of Divan Hotel last night. Police are gassing every street in Cihangir, Taksim Meanwhile, there's a lot of astounding stuff in the Occupy Gezi Pics Tumblr. You should check them out just to get an idea of the scale and the drama."
The only two channels who cover the street events are ULUSAL KANAL CANLI YAYINI and artı bir tv. Tens of thousands of people are out in the streets. People are gassed here non stop, in all central Istanbul areas. Unfortunately it is not really covered by local media, the consequence of that being that it gets a lot less international attention than it should. Poiu is in Turkey he writes: " Since yesterday evening, everything has worsened. Barricades at Nisantasi, at 4:50AM Sunday