Turkish man nearly HANGS himself by accident as he protests with noose around his neck
THE bizarre protest method sees the man come within seconds of death as he slipped from a stool with a noose tied around his neck during a demonstration.
Man nearly HANGS himself when a protest with noose goes dramatically wrong
The shocking moment sees the protest go horribly wrong when he accidentally kicks his stool away while a noose is tied around his neck.
The Turkish man stands on a stool to read aloud a protest speech to a public crowd.
He wears a noose around his neck as he continues his diatribe from a piece of cardboard he is holding.
A Turkish protester almost hanged himself
The rope around his neck is tied to a tree in a town square.
The relatively loosely tied knot appears as if the act is purely for show.
However, as shown in the clip, the bespectacled man accidentally kicks away his stool and is left hanging precariously from the tree.
He wears a noose around his neck as he continues his diatribe from a piece of cardboard
Concerned onlookers rush to help the Turkish man and manage to untie him.
One man grabs him around his waist and tries to carry him back up onto the stool.
But, bizarrely, the crowd does not panic.
Concerned onlookers rush to help him
To the amazement of viewers online, one man is seen taking photos of the ordeal while another manages to keep his cigarette in his mouth throughout the rescue.
The man coughs heavily once he is freed and the noose is slipped off his neck.
It remains unclear what the protest was about.