Women at the forefront of Turkish protests
By Karim Talbi in Istanbul, Turkey | China Daily | Updated: 2013-06-11 08:30
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A woman shouts slogans as protesters gather at Taksim Square in Istanbul on Sunday. Protest organizers called for a demonstration to keep up pressure on the government to sack those responsible for a violent police crackdown. Osman Orsal / Reuters |
They are young, urban and well educated, and for the past week they have been sleeping in an Istanbul park: meet the women on the frontline of Turkey's mass anti-government protests.
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