Short video showing protestors marching down the mile-long Istiklal Cadessi. The protest was organized by the IHH, who launched the Mavi Marmara flotilla, and ended in a rally at Taksim Square. This march occurred in the context of a politically-charged environment, with less then two weeks to go before national parliamentary elections. This event received scant coverage in Turkish media, including so called "secularist" channels, particularly in describing the size and message of the protestors. Turkish media in English range from vague descriptions with interviews from tourists who decided to join in, to glowing reviews with inflated attendance numbers. It also included no video coverage of the size, appearance, and message of the protestors. The mood of the protesters as they marched by was notably aggressive and intimidating. The march of people past our street lasted at least 30 minutes. You can see some signs, printed by the organizers, say "cooperation with Israel is a crime". Signs were in English, Turkish, Arabic, and Hebrew. Chants went beyond those simply supporting Palestinians, with the most frequent one by far being Allah'u akbar (God is great). Later after the main parts of the central rally, we saw several motor coaches that had bussed in protestors loading them to depart from wherever they originated. This atmosphere seems to have repeated the following week, when a concert was cancelled under intimidation from people from the same mentality as this rally ...