Day 6
June 1, 2013
Severe clashes ongoing throughout the night spreaded all over Turkey to the point that people living in İstanbul started marching towards İstanbul to support the protest. Taksim experienced the most crowded day of the protest. Later, similar protests started all over the Turkey and the world with an increasing number of people by time. After midday, police forces started leaving Taksim. That being said, tension of the clashes in Beşiktaş, İzmir and Ankara was worsened.
Mecidiyeköy, İstanbul.
Koç University, İstanbul.
Bakırköy, İstanbul.
Zincirlikuyu, İstanbul, 02:34.
Florya-Beşyol Ladies' Dorms, İstanbul.
Sabancı University, İstanbul.
Kayseri, Turkey.
Kayseri, Turkey.
Mecidiyeköy, İstanbul.
Beylikdüzü, İstanbul.
Beylikdüzü, İstanbul.
İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul.
İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul.
İstanbul Technical University students surround the entrance of a major TV channel (NTV) building.
Kadıköy, İstanbul.
Kadıköy, İstanbul.
Due to shutdown Taksim station, protesters occupied highways to cross the bridge with dawn.
Kadıköy, İstanbul.
Kadıköy port, İstanbul. Crowd waits for a ferry to pass to the European side.
Kadıköy-Beşiktaş ferry.
Due to long working hours, tired police forces taking a break.
Taksim, İstanbul.
"This is the resistance of civils, not a political party movement." (Taksim, İstanbul)
Taksim, İstanbul.
Taksim, İstanbul.
Medical school students helping injured protesters.
Civilians sharing their milk, lemon and vinegar with protesters.
Mutlu Coşar took a hit to his head by a tear gas shell. (sendika.org)
The claims of police forces clash with civilians, of whom the police forces themselves originate from, and attack them to the point of injury have no grounds.
Hüseyin Avni Mutlu, Governer of İstanbul
Taksim Gezi Park after police forces fall back. (16:00)
A majority of the AKP supporters is known to be originating from conservative citizens. However, as depicted in this photo, protests got support from people of different backgrounds.
İstiklal, İstanbul.
Vandalised mobile broadcast unit of a local TV channel.
Vandalised police vehicle.
A tear gas shell stucked into the windows of a shop in İstiklal, İstanbul.
Taksim, İstanbul.
Taksim, İstanbul.
Taksim, İstanbul.
It has been said that trees will get cut in Taksim. Whoever said this, it has no grounds.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Protesters cleaning Cihangir, İstanbul.
Throughout the Turkey, many people supported the protests by making noise. Pianist Fazıl Say was one of them.
Actors from "Leyla ile Mecnun" TV series.
Pop singer Emre Altuğ at Gezi Park.
The fall back of police forces declined the tension in Taksim. That being said, clashes in Beşiktaş got worsened. A view of Beşiktaş from the Anatolian side.
Before police forces intervene, protests behind the prime minister's residence in Beşiktaş, İstanbul.
Beşiktaş, İstanbul.
In Beşiktaş, Bahçeşehir University is filled with the protesters for medical care.
Şişli, İstanbul.
Bahçeşehir University, Beşiktaş.
Bahçeşehir University, Beşiktaş.
Bahçeşehir University, Beşiktaş.
Beşiktaş.
Beşiktaş.
Beşiktaş.
Beşiktaş, İstanbul.
A photo of Beşiktaş, İstanbul taken from a ferry.
After midnight, police forces fall back from Beşiktaş.
Beşiktaş, İstanbul.
Police forces around the Turkey are getting transferred to İstanbul.
An injured protester in İstanbul.
A comic about the penguin documentary shown by CNN Turk channel.
"Resist Antarctica"
Radikal headline critisizes the violence.
"Taksim belongs to all of us."
Police is watering protestors in Eskişehir.
How police is treating protestors in Ankara.
A dozen of police officers attacking against a lady in İzmir.
Clash of police and protestors.
In other cities
Ethem Sarısülük had injured severely during clashes in Ankara, Turkey.
Çukurambar, Ankara, Turkey.
Bornova, İzmir, Turkey.
Edirne, Turkey.
Kütahya, Turkey.
Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.
Muğla, Turkey.
Gaziantep, Turkey.
Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Northern Cyprus.
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Konya, Turkey.
Antakya, Turkey.
A scene from Eskişehir, Turkey.
Eskişehir, Turkey.
Eskişehir, Turkey.
Eskişehir, Turkey.
Denizli, Turkey.
Denizli, Turkey.
Denizli, Turkey.
Kayseri, Turkey.
Kayseri, Turkey.
Kayseri, Turkey.
Kayseri, Turkey.
İzmir, Turkey.
A personal automobile dives into the crowd and crushes down a protesters in Ankara, Turkey. (Plate: 61 ES 459)
Adana, Turkey.
Adana, Turkey.
Ankara, Turkey.
Ankara, Turkey.
Ankara, Turkey.
In Ankara, Turkey, protesters change the name of the signs to point to the Taksim.
An air view of Ankara, Turkey.
Ankara, Turkey.
I swear to God that we could have drown you in a spoon but you should pray that we believe in democracy.
İ. Melih Gökçek (Mayor of Ankara)
Crowds on the Atatürk Ave. in Ankara, Turkey.
Mersin, Turkey.
Mersin, Turkey.
Samsun, Turkey.
Samsun, Turkey.
Gaziantep, Turkey.
Bodrum, Turkey.
Bolu, Turkey.
Tunceli, Turkey.
Edirne, Turkey.
Bodrum, Turkey.
Ankara, Turkey.
İstanbul.
In the world
Actress and model Tilda Swinton.
Turkish NBA player Mehmet Okur.
Vieanna.
Vieanna.
Vieanna.
Illinois, US.
Paris.
London.
Amsterdam.
Vancouver, Canada.
Vancouver, Canada.
Seattle, US.
Los Angeles, US.
Chicago, US.
San Marco, Venice.
San Francisco, US.
White House, Washington, US.
Venice.
Berlin, Germany.
Los Angeles, US.
Japan.
Barcelona, Spain.
Barcelona, Spain.
Barcelona, Spain.
Sacred House, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.