So I survived today’s protest march. I wasn’t too worried. One of the veteran demonstrators was wearing a pair of crazy high-heeled shoes – and this put my mind at ease. I figured this was evidence that there wouldn’t be a lot of running.
But the cops, they weren’t messing around. They brought one of their tanks and this one guy had this real cool-looking paintball gun, or that’s what it looked like anyway. Anyone out there know what it’s for? Rubber bullets? Beanbag gun? Tagging troublemakers?

For a group of medical professionals, there was an unusual amount of cigarettes and hearing damage. The Turks love smoking and loud things.
The bus ride home was uneventful – I slept for about half of it. Ankara seems like a pretty boring city – relative to Istanbul anyway.
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