Istiklal Caddesi (Independence Street - this is the main street in Taksim where we go out often on the weekends - it has a lot of bars and dance clubs - and this week flags!) decked out in flags for Oct. 29th. Every major thoroughfare in Istanbul has flags strung across it - millions and millions of flags everywhere.
The Second Bridge. You can't really see it in this picture but it has HUGE flags on it - like 6 stories tall or more. There was also apparently a light show at night too but I missed it.
The school outside my window - at 7 am all these people showed up in the courtyard and the marching band played really loudly and there was lots of cheering and literally hundreds of Turkish flags - and then they just marched off down the street - everyone, families, kids, passerbys - and then they came back like an hour later. There is amazing nationalism in Turkey.
The South Gate to South Campus at Bogazici University .... more Turkish flags.
Whoa - MORE Turkish flags! This is my dorm decked out with Turkey-power. Every single office building or tower has a flag like this (or bigger or more than one) on it. It's crazy. 
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