HOME | DD
cainerose — Istanbul Riot Control
Published: 2005-03-14 04:13:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 2887; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 242
Redirect to original
Description
Istanbul, TurkeyApril 2002
Related content
Comments: 17
I am a german living in Istanbul. I just want to remark that this is not an millitary police officer. He is wearing the uniform of a special police unit which is in no way connected to the millitary. Furthermore Istanbul does not have a 3000 men police force; a couple of hundreds at the most. I was living in Istanbul at that time and I witnessed the events that took place. Anyway the police in turkey is almost like you say but they very rarely attack ppl who have any kind of camera on them.
I must congratulate you on your photographic skills though (in fact this is what this site is about anyway) very nice pictures !
Finally, and this is my opinion o course I would never ever believe anything a cnn producer or any affiliate telling me about anything because I do not believe that cnn is impartial and doing what they are supposed to do: gathering the truth and broadcast it "as it is" (I am studying Media and communication systems by the way)
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
ehheh yes the Turkish polices are everytime hard and serious..maybe its really necerrasy to control to some group..but its really nice shoot as beatiful as previous one..i like your photoes..
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
well our police and military only intend to keep the safety of public. would you prefer american police that re pointing guns on kids that speeding on freeway or american troops in iraq that re shooting every fucking moving thing?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
There are no police which are installed to serve the needs of the poor and common folk. The police and military exist primarily to serve the interests of the rich and powerful. There was a tv show long ago called "The Andy Griffith Show", which featured a kindly and wise law officer in a small US town who trully cared for the people of the community and was a friend to all who needed his aid. When I was a child in my small town in the same state which the mythical "Mayberry" existed in the tv program, the police were very similar to the benevolent Andy Griffith. We were not afraid of the authority of the cops and the law-enforcement apparatus. They were respectful of us as community members and fellow citizens and treated us with kindness and compassion. The cops were our friends. They were humans who recognized the humanity in all of us. There was no great pressure to fill there quotas and serve the interests of the elite class...that was soon to change. The bridge from the 1970's to the present was burned long ago. Most cops serve a corporate-based agenda of keeping the profit machine running smoothly; arresting the poor and minorities and radicals who struggle for equality and opportunity which the rich have been handed to them on platinum platters.
This is not a unique US phenomenon. It is now universal. Turkey, esp. Istanbul serves the interests of the wealthy like any other power-hungry nation. The rich are the temporal lifeblood of a huge political entity and the illusion of that cash-based wealth is what drives politicians as well as military leaders to bow to the demands of the wealthy through protection and concessions.
Do not be fooled my friend. Under each badge which covers the heart of every police officer and soldier resides a human being...however, it is often a perilous journey to make beyond the kevlar body armor to find that heart. They are trained and indoctinated to serve, yes...but serve the rich.
For the record, I am with you in your sentiments about the US troops in Iraq. I despise war, all war. And wars which are fought for economic supremacy are especially heinous. I see no difference in a war waged against the poor of another country with jet fighters and M-16's and a war waged on the poor of one's own nation by police with MP5's and water cannons.
Peace be with you.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
There is no military police at Turkey. There is gendarme, you may call it military police if you want but the polices that you see are only polices which we called Çevik Kuvvetler which means Agile Forces. And I never heard about that the polices at Turkey shots people with photograph machine, but I heard and see that American police kills a Black people who wants to show his identity with 40 or more bullets and I saw a American police who is arresting an 8 years old Black girl... I don't want to say you are bad we are good but all countries are different from eachother. Your police and ours, your soldiers who are killing millions of people around the world and our soldiers who are dying because your country wants to seperate ours... Whatever, every police, every army and every country in the world is not same...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
THIS IS FUCKING GREAT! This sort of photography is what I really want to get stuck into...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is an incredibly powerful image. Excellent shot.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Great catch. I think these kind of shots have a greater impact without any toning, presented as it is.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Very tense piece.
The mans expression is so solid and real.
I love how he and the gun are on the blurry background of other soliders.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Photojournalism at it's foremost. That is a great capture of the face of a man who is intent and obedient. The shot is well balanced with one attentive dick-of-authority in the foreground, and the police force milling about in the background. I like it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
hey i love the composition and mood of yr b/w stuff 
i had one question though, do you blur parts of the picture during postprocessing? it seems to me (and i am still learning) that the bottom half of his jacket and arm should be sharper, especially since the top half (which is approx the same distance from the lens) is in focus. (if you did not do any blurring, would you mind telling me the lens, aperture etc for this shot?)
anyway, this is not a criticism by any means i was just curious...i know that there are lens babies and such that can produce non-traditional focus effects...good shot by any means
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
me too, althought many photographers in conflict zones recive something more than just a blow in the back of their heads. they recive a bullet. thats why they rarely wear those "press" shirts....
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
make sure you never get that blow in the back of ye head, I wanna see a ;lot more great photo's like this
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
