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Loath as I am to cite Buzzfeed, but: the images of the people on the bridge are not from these protests. They are from the 2012 Istanbul Marathon. http://www.buzzfeed.com/hunterschwarz/one-of-the-most-popula...

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Picture album from Reddit, shows more pictures from the bridge of people who definitely don't appear to be running a marathon. http://imgur.com/a/wOrZR#11

Those are not the same pictures though. Google image search returns nothing for the one featured in this article from before may.

During the marathons, both ways are closed to the traffic. In the photo, it looks like they occupied the Europe to Asia lane.

One image that has been associated with the protests is actually of the marathon. If you see a photo with only one lane of traffic blocked and the other flowing, it is not from the marathon.

The bridge pictures here appear to be legit. http://www.rightnow.io/breaking-news/turkey_bn_1369752659185...

I did not find a replica of the bridge posted.

Perhaps it is a popular crossing that gets filled up whenever major events are happening?

No, it is a major highway. Pedestrian traffic is are not allowed. Getting on the bridge as a group of people is very rare and requires significant critical mass to pull off.

Like a major protest?

The go-to location for major protests is the Taksim Square, which is four miles from the bridge by foot. The protests need to be really widespread and populous to spread to the bridge. I don't remember that happening in my recent memory (except for a local soccer thing).

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