On April 3rd, 2011, ISTANBUL POLICE SAFETY MARCH…

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what I saw out the window on İstiklal Caddesi this Sunday morning

…with a seemingly endless Turkish flag flowing down İstiklal Caddesi greeted me out the window this morning and here is what I could glean from Skyturk.com (through the veil of Google translate):

Turkish National Police, the public is at the disposal of the public peace and security continues to express to the Governor canıyla mesaisini happy with the blood, said: “Safety is Our Association, held this time feels himself happy. Be confident of Istanbul, supremely important for the police. 24 hours to accomplish this great perseverance, working under the command of Istanbul. Today, so supremely fortunate to be celebrating the feast of the police in a peaceful city. If you are not good security, peace of mind is not in place, any time day or night, go out of Istanbul dolaşamadığı easily in a city, if we were celebrating the feast of the police, so much talk at peace. So today, stretching göğsümüzü, Istanbul police in a comfortable way kutlayabiliyorsak’s Day, is the result of the security environment provided by the Police Teşkilatımızın.”