Moments later , a 20 – 30 militant nationalist mob that belonged to the '' Ülkücüler '' nationalist organization raided and defaced the exhibit by hurling eggs at the photographs and trampling over them . Some of the photographs were thrown outside windows only to be stamped upon by other raiders . The raiders also distributed pamphlets and flyers that said , " Turkey is Turkish , will remain Turkish , " " death to traitors , " " love it or leave it , " " Cyprus is Turkish and will remain Turkish , " " why not the pictures from Cyprus but these , " and " do n't defend those who set fire to Atatürk 's house . " The raid was led by Kerinçsiz and nationalist lawyer Levent Temiz who have been taken into custody in 2008 for their suspected connection with Ergenekon . The assault was described by Feyyaz Yaman , the director of the gallery , as a repeat of the 1955 rioting in itself . The President of the Turkish Historical Society Orhan Silier condemned the attacks and stated that such acts of this event " will affect Turkey 's image abroad . " He also mentioned that " These protests show that groups based on the same violent methods , fear and paranoia , still exist . " The incident was shown in Screamers , a 2006 documentary film about the Armenian Genocide
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Istanbul pogrom