Politics

Turkey’s Dying Democracy

4/27
dots
gallery
Abbas Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the AKP Party, speaking at an electoral rally. Istanbul, Turkey. October 2002. © Abbas | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen The Gezi Park resistance began on May 29 2013, when protester’s tents were burned by police forces. Istanbul, Turkey. May 2013. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Patrick Zachmann Supporters of President Erdogan gather in Taksim Square while soldiers surround the Ataturk monument. Istanbul, Turkey. July 15, 2016. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
Emin Özmen Crouching next to an unconscious man, young protesters try to stay safe near a wall during clashes in Taksim Square. Istanbul, Turkey. June 2013. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen A protestor being taken into custody during the protests in Istanbul, Turkey. May 2014. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Patrick Zachmann President Erdogan addresses the public on Turkish television via his smart phone following the coup attempt. Istanbul, Turkey. July 15, 2016. © Patrick Zachmann | 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 (...)
Patrick Zachmann TURKEY. Istanbul. July 15, 2016. Supporters of President Erdogan gather in Taksim Square. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
Patrick Zachmann Supporters of President Erdogan gather in Taksim Square while soldiers surround the Ataturk monument on the night of a military coup attempt. Istanbul, Turkey. July 15, 2016. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
Patrick Zachmann TURKEY. Istanbul. July 15, 2016. Supporters of President Erdogan gather in Taksim Square while soldiers surround the Ataturk monument. © Patrick Zachmann | 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 (...)
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 (...)
Patrick Zachmann | Military Coup in Istanbul. TURKEY. Istanbul. July 15, 2016. Military coup. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen People carry a 1-kilometer long Turkish flag during the Justice March, which started in Ankara on June 15. Sakarya, Hendek, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Office of the Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, in Turkey's Grand National Assembly in Ankara. It was badly damaged during air strikes on the night of the military coup attempt. Ankara, Turk (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Ankara. July 2016. A crowd mourning at the Kocatepe mosque in Ankara; the day after a failed coup attempt by the Turkish military - during which 265 people died including soldiers, police, (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Istanbul. November 2016. Turkish police beat a protester during the demonstrations against the detention of leading Kurdish politicians in Turkey. © 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 (...)
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 (...)
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- (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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" (...)
Emin Özmen People shout slogans and dance during the break of the Justice March. Izmit, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Izmit. 2017. A man stands with a Turkish flag with Ataturk portrait on it to support the Justice March near the highway. © 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 (...)