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Elections and bombing, 2015

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  • A blacksmith works in Diyarbakir market
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  • Men drink tea and smoke outside on a street in Diyarbakir, the Kurdish region of Turkey.
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  • Typical Kurdish wedding outfits for sale in Diyarbakir market. Diyarbakir is the capital of the Kurdish region of Turkey. Kurdish women get married in red veils.
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  • In the lead up to the Turkish general election on June 7th 2015, pro-Kurdish party HDP drew many tens of thousands of people to rallies across the country. In the Kurdish cities of Batman and Diyarbakir numbers in excess of 60,000 people turned out to support the HDP.
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  • PKK guerrillas in a rally in Diyabakir. The PKK flag is on the right. The flag of the HDP political party is on the left.
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  • HDP supporters waved flags and waited for Selahattin Dermitas, the HDP leader, to speak. Minutes after this image was taken a bomb was detonated in the electricity transformer that people are seated on top of in this image. Five people were killed and four hundred injured. The police teargassed and water-cannoned the crowd as they tried to recover the dead and injured.
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  • A large crowd waited for Selahattin Dermitas, the HDP leader, to speak. The HDP is a pro-Kurdish party. Minutes after this image was taken a bomb was detonated in the crowd. Five people were killed and four hundred injured. The police teargassed and water-cannoned the crowd as they tried to recover the dead and injured.
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  • HDP supporters waved flags and waited for Selahattin Dermitas, the HDP leader, to speak. Minutes after this image was taken a bomb was detonated in the crowd. Five people were killed and four hundred injured. The police teargassed and water-cannoned the crowd as they tried to recover the dead and injured.
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  • Dancers in typical dress waved flags and waited for Selahattin Dermitas, the HDP leader, to speak. The HDP is a pro-Kurdish party. Minutes after this image was taken a bomb was detonated in the crowd. Five people were killed and four hundred injured. The police teargassed and water-cannoned the crowd as they tried to recover the dead and injured.
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  • A large crowd waited for Selahattin Dermitas, the HDP leader, to speak. The HDP is a pro-Kurdish party. Minutes after this image was taken a bomb was detonated in the crowd. Five people were killed and four hundred injured. The police teargassed and water-cannoned the crowd as they tried to recover the dead and injured.
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  • A large crowd waited for Selahattin Dermitas, the HDP leader, to speak. The HDP is a pro-Kurdish party. Minutes after this image was taken a bomb was detonated in the crowd. Five people were killed and four hundred injured. The police teargassed and water-cannoned the crowd as they tried to recover the dead and injured.<br />
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A large flag of Abdulla Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK is raised.
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  • A large crowd waited for Selahattin Dermitas, the HDP leader, to speak. The HDP is a pro-Kurdish party. Minutes after this image was taken a bomb was detonated in the crowd. Five people were killed and four hundred injured. The police teargassed and water-cannoned the crowd as they tried to recover the dead and injured.
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  • A large crowd waited for Selahattin Dermitas, the HDP leader, to speak. The HDP is a pro-Kurdish party. Minutes after this image was taken a bomb was detonated in the crowd. Five people were killed and four hundred injured. The police teargassed and water-cannoned the crowd as they tried to recover the dead and injured.
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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Here an injured man is wrapped is given first aid as he waits for transport to hospital, some people had to wait for an hour to get out of the bomb site.
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region. Here a victim of the bombing is wrapped in improvised bandages.
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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Here an injured man is carried by panicking members of the crowd.
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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Here a woman cries as she looks for a member of her family.
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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The Turkish police fired teargas into the crowd, choking the injured and those who were trying to help them. Here, two men affected by the teargas hold hands and try to get out of the crowd.
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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Here, people who were in the crowd began to chant that Erdogan was responsible for the attack.
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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Here members of the crowd carry an injured woman
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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The floor here is covered in blood, shoes, personal belonging from victims, a literal bloodbath.
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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The floor here is covered in blood, shoes, personal belonging from victims, a literal bloodbath.
    Turkey_Hawkey_A_20150605_038.jpg
  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
<br />
The floor here is covered in blood, shoes, personal belonging from victims, a literal bloodbath.
    Turkey_Hawkey_A_20150605_039.jpg
  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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The Turkish police fired teargas into the crowd, choking the injured and those who were trying to help them.
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  • Two days after the bombing of the rally, a polling sheet showed the HDP candidate in the Turkish elections. HDP passed the 10% electoral threshold, the highest in the world, with 13.9% of the vote, breaking the AKP control of the government. President Erdogan was unable to form a government and called another election for Nov 1st.
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  • Two bombs went off in the crowd in Diyarbakir, Turkey, five people were killed and more than 400 injured were carried to ambulances. Violent attacks against Kurdish people are a motor behind displacement in the region.<br />
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The floor here is covered in blood, pieces of human flesh, shoes, personal belonging from victims, a literal bloodbath.
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  • A young Kurdish woman stands in front of a Turkish flag and a framed picture of Ataturk in a polling station in the Turkish elections.
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  • A polling station in the Turkish elections.
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  • A polling station in the Turkish elections.
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  • Celebrations of the HDP electoral success in Diyarbakir
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  • Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate the HDP electoral success in Diyarbakir, groups of HDP supporters and Kurdish dancers celebrated into the night.
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  • Celebrations of the HDP electoral success in Diyarbakir
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  • Men holding flares do V signs in celebrations of the HDP electoral success in Diyarbakir
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  • Many thousands took to the streets waving Kurdish and HDP flags, cheering and honking car horns to celebrate the HDP electoral success in Diyarbakir. Diyarbakir is a mainly Kurdish city of around one million inhabitants.
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  • A polling station in the Turkish elections.
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