Showing posts with label POIGNANT MESSAGE ON THE BACKSTREETS OF BEYOGLU. Show all posts
Showing posts with label POIGNANT MESSAGE ON THE BACKSTREETS OF BEYOGLU. Show all posts

Monday, July 31, 2017

POIGNANT MESSAGE ON THE BACKSTREETS OF BEYOGLU, ISTANBUL



GOT $ FOR WARS, CAN'T FEED THE POOR

Paused to take a picture of a bakery opening to sell special loaves for Ramazan, when I saw this 60s-looking street art.

Wish I could share the back story, but I don't know it.

Certainly, in times of Trump and other leaders who corrupted elections to deny democracy while edging toward dictatorship, a poignant piece of art.

Ironic that it's on a street, named for a general who fought both for the Ottoman Empire and in the war of Turkish Independence.

Wonder if the artist did that on purpose, or if was just a blank wall big enough to host his political message in the form of eye-catching street art.