Violence erupted at a May Day march in Istanbul, Turkey earlier today with police deploying water cannons and pepper spray/tear gas against the protesters:
New Getty photos appear to show gas used during #Mayday protests in Istanbul, Turkey pic.twitter.com/0IwdX0DNjE
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) May 1, 2015
#WATERCANNON
Turkish police using water cannon against one-person protest #Sisli #Istanbul #MayDay http://t.co/LamtovhcC9 via @Cihan_Haber— #ISTANBULTHEMES #TheOriginal (@ISTANBUL_THEMES) May 1, 2015
Scene from #kurtulus #istanbul: you can't see from all the gas. #MayDay #turkey v @BaranTuncel
#1Mayis pic.twitter.com/fkiomh493w
— Capulcu Tonella (@diehimbeertonis) May 1, 2015
https://t.co/4DfD419zJb #Vimeo #mayday #istanbul #turkey #clashes #protests #teargas #lejournal #1mayıs #2014
— Hilal Başak Çebi (@hilalbasakcebi) May 1, 2015
Tear gas fills the streets of Istanbul amid #MayDay protests in #Turkey. pic.twitter.com/77FpzEEtqo via @DirenEmekorg
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 1, 2015
And during a skirmish between police and protesters, a stray dog was seen being “kicked away” by a Turkish officer:
Essence of Istanbul May Day captured in this photo of police kicking stray dog while detaining demonstrator @Milliyet pic.twitter.com/wodhBTSvSj
— Ayla Albayrak (@aylushka_a) May 1, 2015
#Turkey police use tear gas & WaterCannon to disperse #MayDay protesters.
No mercy even dog!#BREAKING #startup pic.twitter.com/vZXlq77kGC
— Utku YILDIRIM (@UtkuYILDIRIM_) May 1, 2015
#Istanbul #LabourDay #MayDay #1M15
The dog is barking at police after it was kicked away by them.
https://t.co/d5UW5Nnrv7— znv (@zy_bia) May 1, 2015
#1Mayıs #MayDay #Istanbul #Turkey
A stray dog trying to help a young protester is kicked by a cop @GlobalRevLive pic.twitter.com/QI2zrtusdw— GURKAN KILICASLAN (@KILICASLAN) May 1, 2015
Reports suggest the dog was possibly gassed/pepper sprayed, too:
https://twitter.com/ChrChristensen/status/594117652035035137
Video then shows the dog chasing a police car as it leaves the protest:
Love this dog! Vid of him casing policecar after getting kicked: http://t.co/LMfixXXdv4 #mayday #dogsarebetterpeople pic.twitter.com/uWpnyM63xA
— Capulcu Tonella (@diehimbeertonis) May 1, 2015
And many on Turkish social media are asking if the dog in these pictures is the same one that rose to fame during the Gezi Park protests in 2013:
VIDEO:
Turkey’s #MayDay dog kicked by officer, chases police. But is he the #Gezi dog?http://t.co/cnlTXDMkrR pic.twitter.com/5sV22BjT21— Hürriyet Daily News (@HDNER) May 1, 2015
Dogs remember. Is it the famous dog from #occupygezi? #mayday #istanbul via
@brsuslpic.twitter.com/HOIQsr7ljh— Capulcu Tonella (@diehimbeertonis) May 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/CNNTURK_ENG/status/594102616742883328
Is this the famous dog from Gezi who was kicked by police in Taksim today? via @diehimbeertonis pic.twitter.com/7VdPLC5WiU
— Mark Bentley (@MarkABentley) May 1, 2015
<3 <3 <3 #GeziDog https://t.co/emrAnOpfbm
— lisa van wyk (@swimlittlefish) May 1, 2015
It’s probably not the same one, of course, but one now just as equally Twitter-famous.
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