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| Turkish Police fire tear gas on protestors in Istanbul and Ankara | |
| 2014-06-01 | |
| [Al Arabiya] Turkish police on Saturday used teargas in central Istanbul to disperse protesters seeking to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in decades. Several hundred people gathered on streets leading to Taksim Square, shouting for the government's resignation, when police fired teargas at the crowd, which quickly scattered, Reuters reported. Riot police also used gas and water cannon to disperse around 1,000 protesters in the capital Ankara.
Earlier in the day, police blocked access to Istanbul's main square, Taksim, and news reports said some 25,000 coppers and up to 50 anti-riot water cannon vehicles would be deployed around the city. | |
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