Wall Street Journal- India | Police Retreat as Protests Expand Through Turkey New York Times (blog) ISTANBUL — Violent protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan engulfed Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, on Saturday and spread to other cities, including the capital, Ankara, as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to ... Protesters defiant as Turkey unrest goes into third day Protests Widen in Turkey; Riot Police Pull Back Mass protests rage on in Turkey |
New York Times | Angry Protests Grow in Turkey as Police Continue Crackdown New York Times ISTANBUL — Violent protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan engulfed this city on Saturday, as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and alleyways in a second day of civil unrest and faced the tear gas and water ... |
Turkey protests: PM Erdogan defiant as protests rage BBC News Turkey's PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to press ahead with plans to redevelopment a park in Istanbul which have sparked violent clashes. Mr Erdogan said he would not yield to "wild extremists" but that police may have used "excessive" force. |
Ground turkey is actually safe, despite reports: Column USA TODAY That's certainly the case with the recent Consumer Reports testing of ground turkey. While the article attempted to cast the results as alarming, and CR's parent company, Consumers Union, used the results to advance its political agenda, the results ... |
The Guardian | Turkey protests rage for second day The Guardian The Foreign Office has advised British tourists to avoid anti-government demonstrations in Turkey. "Demonstrations are taking place in Istanbul and in other cities across Turkey, including Ankara. Police are using tear gas and water cannons in response. |
Boston Globe | Protests in Turkey grow as police continue crackdowns Boston Globe Protests in Turkey grow as police continue crackdowns. By Tim Arango and Ceylan Yeginsu. | New York Times Syndicate. June 01, 2013. Article · Photos · Comments ( 4 ) · Subscribe. Protestors chanted antigovernment slogans during a protest against the ... |
In Turkey's Taksim protest, angry citizens and a defiant prime minister Christian Science Monitor Turkish television and newspapers initially ignored the largest anti-government protests for years in Turkey. But Erdogan this morning took an uncompromising line in a speech which riled protestors by denouncing them as terrorists. “Every four years we ... |
Turkey protests: Unrest rages in Istanbul and Ankara BBC News Turkey has entered a second day of violent protests, with fresh clashes between police and demonstrators in Istanbul and the capital, Ankara. The unrest began as a sit-in over plans to redevelop Gezi Park in Istanbul's Taksim Square, but escalated ... |
NPR (blog) | On Second Day, Anti-Government Protests Swell In Turkey NPR (blog) What started as a small protest against the redevelopment of a park in Istanbul, Turkey, has spread to other cities and turned into one of the largest government protests in recent memory. While numbers are hard to come by, Al Jazeera reports that ... |
Turkey protests spread after violence in Istanbul over park demolition The Guardian Turkey has been engulfed by a series of protests across several cities after riot police turned Istanbul's busiest city centre hub into a battleground, deploying tear gas and water cannon against thousands of peaceful demonstrators. In one of the ... |