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epa03738740 A woman poses with a gas mask and a helmet on top of a damaged and flipped car at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, 10 June 2013. Istanbul Stock exchange started the day with a fall and opened an hour late due to a system failure, according to news sources. Turkey's crackdown on opposition protesters that reports said left at least two dead and more than 1,000 injured was 'truly disgraceful,' Amnesty International said 02 June. Demonstrations against the Islamic-conservative government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan began on 31 May when a police crackdown against a peaceful sit-in staged by environmentalists angered over a development project in Istanbul escalated into larger battles between law enforcement and demonstrators. EPA/KERIM OKTEN