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The New York Times asked readers to send in photographs that spoke to the kinds of change that sparked protests around Turkey. These are some of the photographs and comments submitted from both before and during the protests.



Istanbul, March 2013, by Serdar Acar.

“One of a few people standing on the roof of the Ataturk Cultural Center, which will be demolished pending a government decision, waved a red flag to the crowd in the square at sunset.”