IN PICTURES: 10 scenes of horror on Gezi anniversary

Turkish authorities kept up with heavy-handed security measures despite international attention during the May 31 demonstrations to mark the anniversary of last year's Gezi Park protests. Here are 10 brutal scenes from today that drew condemnation on Turkish social media: 1) Ünal Altıner, the police chief of Istanbul's Beyoğlu district, has been photographed while detaining two children on İstiklal Avenue. He defended his action, stressing that the children were shooting stones at the policemen with their slings, a "crime" that they allegedly committed in the past, too:

2) One more children was detained on Taksim Square in Istanbul:

3) A protester was filmed while being beaten with police batons in the Cihangir neighborhood near Taksim:

4-5-6) Young people have been affected by the heavy-handed measures of the police:

7) An unarmed woman was detained in a way that was condemned as a disproportional use of force:

8) Police resorted to the batons that they carried in their backpacks more frequently than in last year's protests:

9-10) Several people have been injured, some of them are in serious condition: