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A Turkish nationalist fires a gun during clashes with Kurdish activists in the Beyoglu area of Istanbul on December 13, 2009. The unrest, involving about 100 people, erupted following a Kurdish demonstration in the wake of a court ruling on December 11 that outlawed the country's main Kurdish party, the Democratic Society Party (DTP) on grounds it was linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

This is one intense picture.

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