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Turking women smiling in protest

Thursday, July 31, 2014
Tweet: I'm a Turkish girl, 26 years old, and I can't do anything but Smile!!
Tweet translated: Laugh out of spite.
Tweet translated: It is a crime to kidnap a smile!
Tweet translated: Behind every great man there's a woman assigned to laughter :)
Tweet: our happiness is their biggest fear and our most powerful weapon
Tweet translated: But I have a good smile.
Tweet translated: Laughter is a revolutionary action :)
Tweet: Smiling and laughing turkish women! My italian smile clown for you
Tweet translated: We get plenty of laughter, ladies.
Women of Turkey, and women across the globe, post photos of themselves smiling in protest of Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.
Women of Turkey, and women across the globe, post photos of themselves smiling in protest of Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.
Tweet: Keep laughing & smiling ladies in #Turkey! Hugs & <3 from #Canada! Life is too short to be unhappy!
Tweet translated: My face when the Turkish Minister Deputy said that women should not laugh in public.
Tweet: TO ALL WOMEN IN THE WORDL : NEVER STOP SMILLING!!! NEVER EVER!
Women of Turkey, and women across the globe, post photos of themselves smiling in protest of Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.
Tweet: Oh yeah? Shove it.
Tweet: A day without laughter is a wasted day. Women of the world: Yes we laugh!
Women of Turkey, and women across the globe, post photos of themselves smiling in protest of Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.
Tweet: I laugh often and loud. This is for the women in Turkey.
Tweet translated: This laughter is for Minister Bulent Arinc, dear sister.
Women of Turkey, and women across the globe, post photos of themselves smiling in protest of Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.
Women of Turkey, and women across the globe, post photos of themselves smiling in protest of Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.
Women of Turkey, and women across the globe, post photos of themselves smiling in protest of Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc.
Tweet translated: Three generations of laughter combined respond to Minister Bulent Arinc.
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Tweet: I'm a Turkish girl, 26 years old, and I can't do anything but Smile!!
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