Washington Post | Protests in Turkey bring a reckoning to Prime Minister Erdogan Los Angeles Times ISTANBUL, Turkey — With swagger and grand designs, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose to power more than a decade ago, heralding a new Islamist-based democracy he envisioned as a model for a Muslim world caught in the grip of ... Turkey's ruling party considering referendum on park redevelopment plans that ... Calm for now in Turkey protests as both sides talk Turkey's Erdogan hints at concession to protesters |
Clashes extend into the night as Turkey's anti-government protesters, PM ... Washington Post ISTANBUL — Riot police firing tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets clashed into the early hours of Wednesday with defiant demonstrators occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square and its adjacent park, in the country's most severe anti-government ... |
CNBC.com | Turkey's challenge: Find compromise before violence expands CNN Istanbul (CNN) -- A leader of Turkey's ruling party held out the possibility of a vote on what to do with the Istanbul park whose planned razing triggered two weeks of anti-government protests, but said demonstrators must leave the park. "The Turkish ... Street Violence In Turkey Escalates As Riot Police Enter Taksim Square ... Turkey violence intensifies as police try to clear Taksim Square - as it happened Turkish gov't open to referendum to end protests |
Toronto Star | CBC correspondents released from detention in Turkey CBC.ca CBC reporters Sasa Petricic and Derek Stoffel have been released from detention in Istanbul, Turkey. The two journalists had been picked up by police earlier on Wednesday while covering ongoing anti-government protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square. Ottawa demands release of two Canadian journalists detained in Turkey Canada's CBC says two reporters detained in Turkey Turkey protests: CBC journalists Sasa Petricic, Derek Stoffel arrested in Istanbul |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey Reaches Out to Wary Protesters Wall Street Journal Turkey's ruling party on Wednesday called on thousands of protesters to immediately leave Istanbul's central Gezi Park and said it would consider holding a citywide or municipal referendum on the redevelopment plans that sparked almost two weeks of ... |
Washington Post | Turkey's crackdown on protesters test Obama's relationship with PM Erdogan Washington Post WASHINGTON — Government crackdowns against protesters in Turkey could test the close ties between President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a strategically important U.S. ally in a tumultuous region. |
How the War in Syria Has Helped to Inspire Turkey's Protests - by Sophia Jones Foreign Policy (blog) These trees -- threatened by government redevelopment plans that have in turn inspired mass protests around Turkey -- have been transformed into memorials for the more than 50 people who died in twin car bombings last month in Reyhanli, a Turkish town ... |
Turkey looks for 'legitimate protesters' CNN (CNN) -- Turkey is one of the main regional players, a strong NATO partner and for decades a key ally to the West, vital in crises such as Iran, Syria and Iraq. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a deep personal and political bond with President ... |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Uneasy calm in Turkey's Taksim Square after violent clashes clear protesters NBCNews.com (blog) "We continue to follow events in Turkey with concern, and our interest remains supporting freedom of expression and assembly, including the right to peaceful protest," White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement, according to Reuters. |
Turkey clashes intensify as police crackdown on protesters NBCNews.com In what became the worst Turkey clashes in a decade, police used water cannons and tear gas as protesters fired back with stones and Molotov cocktails. The demonstrators complain of brutality, saying Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is imposing an Islamic ... |