Editorial Photography | Turkish Elections

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Editorial Photography | Turkish Elections

10/29/2015

Tokyo, Japan
7:46 a.m.
Harajuku

I could hear it from blocks away. Bustling. Shouting. The familiar muffled-bullhorn-yap of a policeman on a megaphone. Riot? Protest?

With the election days away, tempers flared in the capital of Japan as hundreds of Turkish nationals gathered near their embassy in downtown Tokyo to cast early ballots. The crowd, mixed with both nationalist and pro-Kurdish supporters, caught the attention of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police as brawls began to break out in the streets. The mild chaos that ensued highlighted the ongoing tensions between the People's Democratic Party (pro-Kurd) and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headed by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogran. Turkish elections will be held November 1st.

Kurdish women protesting election in Japan

Turkish nationals and Kurds brawl in Tokyo

Turkish woman gathering to vote early in Tokyo

emergency works help injured man in Harajuku

Elderly Turkish man waiting to cast early vote in Tokyo

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