Istanbul streets abandoned after the latest suicide attack…

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I was away from Istanbul this weekend, hanging out in a Paris suburb, when news did strike…Now I am on my way back to İstanbul… I will post about today’s Newroz celebrations/ clashes when I am hopefully in town again…

"Istiklal open again. Classic tram back on track, rides through a ghost-town Taksim of closed shops & broken windows. https://twitter.com/TomasThoren/status/711249735542284288
“Istiklal open again. Classic tram back on track, rides through a ghost-town Taksim of closed shops & broken windows. https://twitter.com/TomasThoren/status/711249735542284288

 

 

Şirinevler Square. A lower middle class district. "Şirinevler Kantonu'nda bir Cumartesi akşamı. Burası normal şartlarda bu saatlerde ikinci İstiklal Caddesi gibiydi. https://twitter.com/ilkanakgul/status/711278231656206336?s=03
Şirinevler Square. A lower middle class district. “Şirinevler Kantonu’nda bir Cumartesi akşamı. Burası normal şartlarda bu saatlerde ikinci İstiklal Caddesi gibiydi. https://twitter.com/ilkanakgul/status/711278231656206336?s=03
Cevahir Mall closed. Geziciler yüzünden işlerimiz durdu iş yapamaz olduk deyip elinde palalar insanları kovalayan itler nerdeler? #Taksim https://twitter.com/Hayaletett/status/711241534918828032?s=03
Cevahir Mall closed. Geziciler yüzünden işlerimiz durdu iş yapamaz olduk deyip elinde palalar insanları kovalayan itler nerdeler? #Taksim https://twitter.com/Hayaletett/status/711241534918828032?s=03

Last night…

"Bu gece Kadıköy Barlar Sokağı .. Teröristin , basiretsizin ortak çalışması .. https://twitter.com/mesut_sure/status/711279482645127168?s=03
“Bu gece Kadıköy Barlar Sokağı .. Teröristin , basiretsizin ortak çalışması .. https://twitter.com/mesut_sure/status/711279482645127168?s=03

 

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