Turkish Riot Police Gain Ground In Istanbul Street Battles
Police swept through Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday morning, forcing protesters to withdraw into nearby Gezi Park.
Police swept through Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday morning, forcing protesters to withdraw into nearby Gezi Park.
Two demonstrators have been killed — one in Istanbul, one in Antakya — and 1,000 more injured in battles with riot police wielding tear gas.
ANKARA, Turkey — Cengiz Ulas is no stranger to protests and police brutality. But this time, things are different, he says. “There was never so much gas, and they aim it directly at people,” Ulas, 56, said at a late-night demonstration in the Turkish capital, Ankara. He began his protest career when he was a student, as a staunch supporter of
Turkey’s deputy prime minister called the attack on protesters “wrong and unjust,” but it remains unclear if he was delivering the official line.
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's deputy prime minister offered an apology for a violent crackdown on an environmental protest, in a bid to appease days of anti-government rallies across Turkey as hundreds of riot police deployed around the prime minister's office in the capital Tuesday. Bulent Arinc, who is standing in for the prime minister while he