Even Turkish Soccer Fans Are Protesting With Ferguson

[octoberlib]

Protests over the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, have officially gone worldwide, even reaching a Champions League soccer match in Turkey.

The photo above comes from Tuesday's Champions League play-off match between Premier League side Arsenal and host Besiktas in Istanbul, nearly 6,000 miles from where the unarmed Brown, who was black, was shot dead by a white police officer. The fans shown are wearing Besiktas jerseys.

Compounding the image's resonance is Turkey's own recent history with violent clashes between police and protesters. In 2013, the world watched as police officers used tear gas on protesters upset about what critics see as the authoritarian rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.





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[uponit7771]

1. +1

[Cha]

2. Ohhhh.. that's beautiful. mahalo octoberlib

[octoberlib]

5. Mahalo, Cha!

[Cha]

6. KICK!

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Gooooaaaallll!

[Chief D]

4. Oh! What a beautiful thing

After spending so many years where we've been the ones offering physical and yes, emotional support to the rest of the world, others around the world recognize that the USA has a cancer in our midst and offer us their emotional support. UNBELIEVABLE!!!

The power of social media is incredible!

[Codeine]

7. Besiktas fans are famously left-leaning.

They commonly have their anarchy-related banners removed by officials, and Erdogan's people dislike them fairly intensely.

[cascadiance]

8. To our Turkish friends out there...

Teşekkür ederim!

[Live and Learn]

9. Love it. The protest is really well organized tonight. Lots of leaders. nt