A young couple embrace in the midst of teargas and smoke as the police attempt to clear Taksim square of anti government protesters.
Anti government protesters look on towards clashes between police and protesters on the edge of Gezi Park.
A column of riot police stands on the edge of Taksim square at the top of Istiklal street, the city’s main shopping artery.
A young boy ties a handkerchief around his face to fight the effects of tear gas in Gezi Park.
Various members of the press, film and watch the Turkish police as they battle with protesters to clear Taksim square.
A barricade, erected by anti-government protestors, burns at the edge of Gezi Park. Meanwhile a small truck has been pushed into the flames and thick black smoke rises from its burning cab.
A fireman offers help to a protestor who is struggling with the effects of tear gas fired by riot police in the Cihangir area of Istanbul the day after the authorities cleared Gezi Park.
A man, wearing a gas mask, fires a catapult at police lines in Taksim Square, while waiters, press camera people and interested shoppers look on from the safety of nearby buildings.
A young woman wearing a homemade gas mask, fashioned from a large plastic water bottle, watches clashes between protesters and police beside Gezi Park.
A large group of riot police resting in Taksim Square while they await orders. Moments later, after a scuffle reportedly broke out, police cleared the square with massive amounts of tear gas and water canons.
Anti-government protesters, on the fringes of Gezi Park, flee tear gas being fired towards them by police.
Anti-government protesters look towards where riot police are positioned on one of the many back streets surrounding Taksim Square. The previous night Police had suddenly decided to clear Gezi Park by force, sparking large crowds of people to take to the streets in protest.
Two anti-government protesters, wearing matching gas masks, walk through Gezi Park as clashes take place in the adjacent streets.
An anti-government protestor shelters on a corner, beside a shop displaying of jars of pickles in its window, after running battles with riot police in the Cihangir area of Istanbul, the day after the authorities cleared Gezi Park.
An anti-government protester drags a door across a street to add to a barricade being errected near Taksim Square.
A group of anti-government protesters watch as clashes between police and protesters take place on the edge of Gezi Park.
A crowd of anti-government protestors runs from from the clouds of tear gas being fired by police seeking to clear Taksim Square.
A couple look towards the riot police's positions in a side Street off Taksim Square.
Anti-government protesters watch as clashes between police and protesters take place on the edge of Gezi Park.
A man, working in a take-away restaurant beside Taksim Square, looks at the ongoing classes between police and protestors. He has tried to protect himself from stray tear gas by wearing a mask and googles.
Decorative lighting illuminates an empty Istiklal Street, one of the busiest shopping destinations in the city, cleared of protestors by riot police. At the far end of the street a cloud of tear gas is still visible.
Exhausted protesters sleep in Gezi Park the morning after intense clashes with police took place in the adjacent Taksim Square.
Exhausted protesters sleep in Gezi Park the morning after intense clashes with police took place in the adjacent Taksim Square.
A fence, that surrounded a construction site in Taksim Square, lies on the ground after it was destroyed during clashes between police and protestors.
An anti-government protester catches his breath after running battles with riot police in the Cihangir area of Istanbul on the day after the authorities cleared Gezi Park.
A young anti-government protester stands beside a Turkish Flag in Gezi Park holding a spray bottle of vinegar solution to help ease the affects of teargas.