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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.
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.
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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
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