Osman Orsal is a Turkish

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for the international news agency

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. Orsal resides in Istanbul, Turkey. On 28 May 2013, Orsal covered the

2013 protests in Turkey A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park prote ...

, capturing an iconic set of images of the protests. The images show a young protester (later nicknamed the "woman in red"), a young woman in a red dress, as she stands her ground while she is sprayed by a policeman. ''

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'' reported that the image "encapsulates Turkey’s protests and the severe police crackdown". Protesters later re-used the image in posters, accompanied by the slogan "The more you spray the bigger we get". On 29 May, Orsal was injured by police when he was struck in the head by a gas canister. A photograph of Orsal, with blood streaming down his face, was widely distributed.

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