Christian Science Monitor | Turkey seeks negotiated end to anti-government protests Reuters Police fired teargas and water cannon day after day in cities including Ankara last week, while youths threw stones and petrol bombs in Turkey's worst unrest for years. Three people, including a policeman, died and about 5,000 people were injured ... Turkey's prime minister meets with antigovernment protesters Will Erdogan's referendum bid be enough to quiet Turkey's furious crowds? (+ ... Turkey's Growing Pains |
Turkish PM issues ultimatum, will meet protesters USA TODAY ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's prime minister issued a "final warning" to protesters on Thursday, demanding they end their occupation of a park next to Istanbul's Taksim Square that has ignited the largest political crisis of his 10-year rule. Despite the ... |
Calm for now in Turkey protests as both sides talk USA TODAY ISTANBUL — Police held their positions around Taksim Square on Wednesday, and protesters remained put as both sides awaited word on talks between the government and demonstrators to end Turkey's biggest anti-government protests in decades. |
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NBCNews.com (blog) | 'Lawbreakers' to be removed from Taksim Square, Turkey PM warns NBCNews.com (blog) ANKARA, Turkey -- "Lawbreakers" will be removed from Istanbul's Taksim Square, Turkey's prime minister declared Thursday. Ratcheting up his defiant tone, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared determined to end two weeks of protests that have ... |
The Daily Star | 2 journalists put on police bus, eventually staying in holding cell for 3 or 4 ... CBC.ca Sasa Petricic says he and fellow CBC correspondent Derek Stoffel were treated fairly well by Turkish authorities after they were arrested and held for 11 hours in Istanbul on Wednesday while covering the ongoing anti-government demonstrations. Two CBC reporters freed after being detained in Turkey Canada's CBC says two reporters detained in Turkey Canadian reporters released from detention in Turkey |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey Reaches Out to Wary Demonstrators 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 ... |
BBC News | Turkey protests: Dangerous waters with no sign of compromise BBC News For 12 days, the central square in Turkey's biggest city had been under the authority of a growing protest movement. This was the moment that the government decided to retake it. All through the day, the game of cat and mouse continued. Once the police ... Turkey's challenge: Find compromise before violence expands Erdogan is making his own problems worse in Turkey Turkey-Kurdish Peace Could Be Victim of Istanbul Showdown |
NPR | Via Instagram, Insight Into Turkey's Protests NPR Serkan Bac is not a professional photographer but he enjoys posting photos to Instagram, many showing places he's visited in his hometown of Istanbul and throughout Turkey. Two weeks ago, for example, during a work trip to Izmir, Bac posted a photo of ... |
New York Daily News | Man uses turkey baster to help save struggling baby Yahoo! News Canada (blog) A quick-thinking good Samaritan helped save a baby's life by using a turkey baster to clear the baby's airway and nasal passage. Local station KSN.com reports that 5-month-old Nessa Shoup of Ludington, Mich., was having trouble breathing while under ... Quick-thinking Michigan hero saves choking baby girl with turkey baster Man Saves Baby With Turkey Baster |