A shock mayoral win in March led the regime to void elections. Polls propose a new ballot on Sunday may boost the anti-government voteThe graffiti appeared in Istanbuls Gayrettepe neighbourhood one morning final month. It showed the word “justice” written on a piece of paper held up by a disembodied hand. With a lighter,the other hand was setting fire to it.“Write down ‘justice’ on a bit of paper. And then burn its corners,” the tag read. Within a day it had vanished, or painted over by a municipality cleaning team. For the Istanbul street artist who goes by the name of Pepe,work is a fixed game of cat-and-mouse with authorities seeking to remove his political creations.
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Source: theguardian.com