Emin Özmen A young man stands with a gas mask in a cloud of tear gas near Gezi Park, where civil unrest began in May 2013 after the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park protesting an urban development pla (...)
n. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd that had gathered in Taksim Square. Istanbul, Turkey. May 2013. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Thousands gathered with the call of Turkey’s president Erdogan to rally for democracy in Istanbul's Sarachane Square, in Fatih district, days after a failed coup attempt by the Turkish military, du (...)
ring which 265 people died - including soldiers, police, and civilians. Istanbul, Turkey. July 2016. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Patrick Zachmann TURKEY. Istanbul. July 16th, 2016. The day after the military coup attempt. On the Bosphorus Bridge, where so much violent occured in the morning and where, in the beginning of afternoon, everythin (...)
g went back to normal as if nothing had happened. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Sakarya. 2017. A man sleeps with a Turkish flag on his face, on the field during break time at Justice March. Since last week, Turkey has been suffering one of the most intense heat waves i (...)
n a century. In this heat, the thousands of people are taking part in shifts in the “Justice March” of main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. They are struggling under the burning sun over their head and also the scorching asphalt under their feet. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen People fire torches while Turkey's main opposition party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu walks with thousands of supporters during Justice March. There was a surprising show of support along the march ro (...)
ute, from honking cars to clusters of well-wishers, even in Duzce, a stronghold for Erdogan's supporters. Sakarya, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Kocaeli. Kartepe. 2017. Villagers support the Justice March near the highway. There has been a surprising show of support along the march route, from honking cars to clusters of well-wisher (...)
s, even in Duzce, a stronghold for Erdogan’s supporters.
Turkey's main opposition party CHP (Republican People’s Party) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu walks with thousands of supporters during the Justice March, which had started to walk for Justice from Ankara to Istanbul on 16th June. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Sakarya. Hendek. 2017. The head of Turkey's secularist Republican People's Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu stands at the head of the march in a demonstration to protest against the 25-year- (...)
prison term handed down to fellow party member Enis Berberoglu for espionage. The Justice march started on 16th June, they are walking from Ankara to Istanbul. They are expected to arrive at Istanbul's Maltepe prison where Berberoglu is imprisoned on July 9. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen People try to relax under spray water during the Justice March, during one of Turkey's most intense heatwaves in a century. In this heat, thousands of people are struggling under the burning sun ov (...)
er their head and also the melting asphalt under their feet. Kocaeli, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Sakarya. 2017. Turkish soldiers rests near a stream during the break time for the Justice March.
The closer the march gets to Istanbul, the higher the risk of confrontation.
Erdogan acc (...)
used Kilicdaroglu of staging “protests to protect terrorists and those who support terrorism.” At a weekend meeting of his ruling AK party, Erdogan said the CHP’s latest stance “had gone beyond being a political opposition and taken on a different proportion."
Responding to Erdogan’s accusations, Kilicdaroglu said they were “fitting for a dictator.” © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Sakarya. Hendek. 2017. Turkish police escorts to the people during Justice March.
Erdogan accused Kilicdaroglu of staging "protests to protect terrorists and those who support terrorism" (...)
. At a weekend meeting of his ruling AK party, Erdogan said the CHP's latest stance "had gone beyond being a political opposition and taken on a different proportion".
Responding to Erdogan's accusations, Kilicdaroglu said they were "fitting for a dictator".
Turkey's main opposition party CHP (Republican People's Party) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu had started to walk for Justice from Ankara to Istanbul on 16th June and thousands of people joined him. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen People pose in front of a poster which shows Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Nationalist party MHP leader with guns, during a referendum rally in Ista (...)
nbul. In April 2017, Turks voted 'Evet' (Yes) on 18 proposed amendments to the Turkish constitution. The controversial changes will replace the parliamentary system with a presidential system, giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan executive authority. Istanbul, Turkey. April 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos