Iranian president-elect Hassan Rohani speaks to the media following a visit to the Khomeini mausoleum in Tehran yesterday. Reuters/Fars News/Seyed Hassan Mousavi

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A protestor  in Taksim Square yesterday. Photograph:  Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

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A combination photo of a Turkish riot policeman using tear gas against Ceyda Sungur, “the woman in red”, as people protest against the destruction of trees in a park  in Taksim Square in central Istanbul.   Photographs: Osman Orsal/Reuters

Police officer fires pepper spray at Istanbul academic Ceyda Sungur

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