Turkey's [Standing Man] Silent Protest Spreads
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[A silent, standing protest by performance artist Erdem Gunduz has been taken up by hundreds of anti-government demonstrators and spread to several Turkish cities. Mr Gunduz appeared in Istanbul's Taksim Square at around 18:00 (15:00 GMT) on Monday and remained there until 02:00 when police moved in.
His protest quickly captured the imagination of the protest movement. The hash tag [duranadam] ([standing man]) dominated Turkish-language Twitter on Tuesday morning. Hundreds of people in Istanbul and Ankara took up the protest on Tuesday]. – BBC News
His protest quickly captured the imagination of the protest movement. The hash tag [duranadam] ([standing man]) dominated Turkish-language Twitter on Tuesday morning. Hundreds of people in Istanbul and Ankara took up the protest on Tuesday]. – BBC News
In this photo taken Tuesday, June 18, 2013, a woman stands in a silent protest as others read at Kizilay Square in Ankara, Turkey. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. (Photo by AP Photo)
![Demonstrators stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. The banner with an image of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk reads: [Which crazy person thinks they can put me in chains]. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000e276_big.jpg "Demonstrators stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. The banner with an image of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk reads: [Which crazy person thinks they can put me in chains]. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)")
Demonstrators stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. The banner with an image of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk reads: [Which crazy person thinks they can put me in chains]. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)
People stand during a silent protest on Tunali Hilmi Street in Ankara, Turkey, late Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)
![Turks stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. The banner with an image of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk reads: [Which crazy person thinks they can put me in chains]. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000e278_big.jpg "Turks stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. The banner with an image of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk reads: [Which crazy person thinks they can put me in chains]. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)")
Turks stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)
Turks, some of them wearing national flags with images of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk, stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)
Protesters, one wearing a national flag with an image of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk, stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)
![A woman reads a newspaper with the headline reading [Standing men], during a silent protest in Guven Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance, standing still and silent. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000e27c_big.jpg "A woman reads a newspaper with the headline reading [Standing men], during a silent protest in Guven Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance, standing still and silent. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)")
A woman reads a newspaper with the headline reading [Standing men], during a silent protest in Guven Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance, standing still and silent. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)
Turks, some of them holding national flags with images of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk, stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilic/AP Photo)
Young people silhouetted against the sun practice yoga during a silent protest at Taksim Square in, Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Photo by Petr David Josek/AP Photo)
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