Sabre-swinging mounted police surrounded by protesters, Taksim Square 1933
| Description: | A group of mounted police officers is surrounded by a crowd of protesting young men on Taksim Square. One of the officers has raised his sabre and is moving towards a protester. In the background, the picture is framed by a wall and trees. More spectators and protesters are standing in a line in front of the wall. |
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| Comment: | Some of the protesters are backing down, shrugging their shoulders. The policemen are trying to control the situation despite their obviously nervous horses. The picture 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.3058 o:siba.3271 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.: 3/0182F |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
| Editor: | Nataša Mišković, Joël László |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:siba.3059 |