FEMEN topless activist protests Turkish PM

FEMEN topless activist protests Turkish PM

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet

A feminist activist from the radical protest group Femen is arrested by Turkish police as she protests against the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 5, 2013 at the Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul. AFP photo

One suspected FEMEN activist flashed her breasts at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport to protest Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

She also unfurled a banner reading "Erdoğan from Istanbul To Kabul."

She was immediately detained by police.

FEMEN stages protest against Turkish government at İstanbul airport



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