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Ankara protests massacre holding white balloons in remembrance of their friends, October 13. Demotix/ Recep Yilmaz. All rights reserved.
On October 10, one of the deadliest bomb incidents in the history of the Turkish Republic shook both domestic and international public opinion. Photos and videos of people covered in blood, then smothered by tear gas shot by the police at an Ankara peace rally were indeed appalling and terrifying. And yet, the sheer spectacle of the horrendous carnage can only hint at the complexity of the wound inflicted on Turkish society by the attack.
