I got shot at by Turkish police

[starman™]

Yes it true, yesterday when driving back to my office the police shot at my car with a tear gas gun and set it on fire. I had to be forcefully pulled from the car by 4 coppers as I saw flames licking over the bonnet and then the gas hit me.
Car is ok as they put the fire out very quickly as those may have seen on Show TV main news last night.


The copper on the left is taking aim to shoot. naturally I take a photo.


protestors prepared wearing gas masks


taken outside my office after a petrol bomb got thrown


My car. see the size of the entry hole below my number plate

[c1]

glad you ok,see the disco in front you can now buy them armour plated, maybe worth considering.

[tel]

Glad your ok chum, what a thing to happen.
Was this to do with the IMF?

[starman™]

yes. The IMF conference was only 500 meters away from my office.

[Gorgeous_bird]

Wow never miss an opportunity for a photo - I would say that was pretty extreme - Glad you are ok though.

[Gavos999]

wow .thats just mad stuff            

[Gorgeous_bird]

I'm thinking maybe Istanbul is off my places to visit list:D Those are not the kind of holiday snaps I want. P.s. What does Puco Plus sell - I am thinking kebabs or tea or maybe a range of gas masks new in, it's just that they seem to have a queue forming which looks funny with the street littered with all that debri and what looks like a portaloo turned over on it's side

[laffa]

Sack that, I would'nt be going there again, I thought it was bad enough someone trying to rob my bag,

[starman™]

Pucci cafe is a great cafe that does all you can eat sushi at lunch time. Also go to the back of the cafe and you have terrific views over the Bosporus. The portaloo was in actual fact a police box as we have a number of consulates (Japanese, German, Venezuela etc) next door to us.