TOPSHOTS A man sits on Taksim square in Istanbul on June 6, 2013. What started as an outcry against a local development project has snowballed into widespread anger against what critics say is the government's increasingly conservative and authoritarian agenda. Thousands of striking union members joined the anti-government protests on June 5, marching in Istanbul and Ankara in a sea of red and white union flags, drumming and yelling for Erdogan to resign. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS