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Orhan Kemal Cengiz

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Aug 8, 2013

Human rights activists sit behind pictures of Armenian victims at Taksim square in central Istanbul April 24, 2013, during a demonstration to commemorate the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXYYD8 — Human rights activists sit behind pictures of Armenian victims, at Taksim Square in central Istanbul, April 24, 2013, during a demonstration to commemorate the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. — REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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Riot police chase demonstrators during a protest in central Istanbul September 10, 2013. Turkish police fired rounds of teargas to disperse a crowd of several hundred demonstrators rallying in central Istanbul on Tuesday against the death of a protester in the southern province of Hatay earlier in the day, witnesses said. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX13G62

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