Turkey Protests

• Turkish police fire tear gas, water cannons at crowd protesting detentions

  Turkish police on Wednesday used tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting the detentions of two leading politicians.

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  Oct 26, 2016
  
• 154 people detained in Saturday protests in Turkey

  Police in Istanbul say they detained 154 people in Saturday night's protests marking the one-year anniversary of last year's nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

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  Jun 1, 2014
  
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• Turkey braces for marches on anniversary of anti-government protests

  Hundreds of activists mobilized Saturday for demonstrations defying a heavy police presence on the anniversary of nationwide anti-government protests that erupted last year.

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  May 31, 2014
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• Turkish activists charged over anti-government protests

  Why five prominent activists in Turkey are facing charges that could mean 13 years in prison if convicted.

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  Mar 17, 2014
• Turkish police clash for 3rd straight night with demonstrators after death of protester

  Demonstrators clashed with police in southern Turkey on Wednesday for a third straight night, a day after the funeral of a 22-year-old protester whose death at a protest has reignited anti-government anger in Turkey.

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  Sep 11, 2013
• Turkey investigates social media ‘insults’ from protest crackdown

  Turkish authorities are investigating people who allegedly insulted state officials or incited riots on social media, the deputy prime minister said Thursday, in a sign the government is intent on meting out punishment over the massive protests that swept the country in June.

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  Jun 27, 2013
• Police use water cannon to disperse protesters in Istanbul square

  Turkish police used water cannon to disperse thousands who had gathered in Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Saturday to observe a memorial for four people killed during a wave of anti-government protests.

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  Jun 22, 2013
• Turkish PM says Turkey and Brazil are targets of same conspiracy

  Turkey's prime minister - who has blamed demonstrations in his country on a plot to destabilize his government - suggests protest-hit Brazil is a victim of the same conspiracy.

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  Jun 22, 2013
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• Protests taking toll on Erdogan, threatening ambitions to expand power

  Three weeks of protest have taken a political toll on Turkey's prime minister that could upend key parts of his political agenda, including his ambition to rework the constitution and emerge as Turkey's most powerful leader in its democratic era.

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  Jun 21, 2013
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• Gallery: Turkey’s ‘standing man’ protests

  There's a new form of protest going on in Turkey following two weeks of anti-government demonstrations. Started by one man, it has now grown to hundreds of people standing motionless for hours in streets and squares.

  Jun 19, 2013