May Day March, Izmir, Turkey, May 1, 2014. Photographed by Tolga Yildiz.

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Tuysuz, Gul and Ivan Watson.  “Turkey bans May Day rallies, uses tear gas, water cannon on demonstrators.”  Video and story.  CNN, May 1, 2014. ” . . . barricaded the downtown, shut the subway, closed many ferry services . . . .” says conflict veteran Ivan Watson.

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The Istanbul governor’s office said it had received advanced information that “illegal terror organizations and their extensions” would resort to violence to stoke unrest.

Yackley, Ayla Jean and Evrim Ergin.  “Riot police clash with May Day protesters in Istanbul.”  Reuters, May 1, 2014.

Orwell is laughing!

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