the mosque sits in taksim square, next to a public space traditionally seen as a symbol of the secular turkish republic and dwarfs a nearby monument to the republic and its founding. in 2013, opposition demonstrators took over taksim square and next door gezi park in protest against a separate government plan to build a replica barracks in the area. every 17 years, they cause havoc and the occasional shudder. billions of cicadas known as brood x or brood 10 are emerging in a synchronized event that only happens in the us. and as the bbc s nada tawfik reports from the state of newjersey ? the great eastern brood is causing quite the buzz. it�*s a sight and sound that will make your skin crawl. billions of periodical cicadas emerging out of the earth and overtaking the eastern united states. the rare spectacle has americans in awe.