Contested Republican Monument during student demonstration 1933
| Description: | Young male demonstrators have climbed the Republic Monument on Taksim Square and are swinging banners. Around them on the square, more protesters are shouting and waving banners and flags. From the left, mounted police officers enter the frame, brandishing sabres. |
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| Comment: | The atmosphere on the picture is very agitated. It was taken during the so-called ‘Wagon-Lits incident’ (vagon-li olayı) on 25 February 1933. This first large-scale student protest of the 1930s was sparked when newspapers reported that an employee called Naci Bey had been fined and dismissed from work for speaking Turkish (and not French) on the telephone during business hours. |
| Relations: | o:siba.3271 o:siba.3059 o:siba.3064 o:siba.3270 |
| Date: | 1933-02-25 |
| Location: | Istanbul, Taksim |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Type: | Photographic negative |
| Creator: | Görgüç, Namık and Giz, Selahattin , (Press Photographer) |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Keywords: | 570 Interpersonal Relations > 579 Brawls, Riots and Banditry 620 Community > 625 Police 660 Political Behavior > 668 Political Movements 700 Armed Forces 200 Communication > 208 Public Opinion 180 Total Culture > 186 Cultural Identity and Pride |
| Bibliography: | Vagon Li şirketinde Çirkin bir hadise. Cumhuriyet, 24 February 1933, 2. |
| Copyright: | Yapı Kredi tarih arşivi, Istanbul |
| Archive: | Yapı Kredi tarih arşivi, Istanbul, Inv. No.: 3/0182C |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
| Editor: | Nataša Mišković, Joël László |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:siba.3058 |