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Sukru Kucuksahin

Jun 20, 2016

High school students, some wearing Guy Fawkes masks, run during a protest against the education policies of the ruling Justice and Development Party in Istanbul, Feb. 13, 2015. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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