Protesters on Taksim Square
| Description: | A large crowd of mainly young men has gathered for a protest on Taksim Square watched by spectators assembled on rooftops and walls. In the centre of the image, a box waggon has been seized by protesters and police officers. A boy is about to climb onto the engine bonnet. An officer is holding him back. On the lower margin, a mounted police officer with a drawn sabre glances in the direction of İstiklal Caddesi. |
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| Comment: | The picture was taken during the so-called ‘Wagon-Lits incident’ 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.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.: 12/0695A |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
| Editor: | Nataša Mišković, Joël László |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:siba.3271 |