Riot police use tear gas, water cannon on Turkey protesters CBS News ISTANBUL Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas on protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park on Saturday, an intervention that came shortly after the prime minister warned that security forces "know how to clear" the area. |
Politico | Turkey protests: Riot police disperse protesters in Istanbul park Politico A brutal police intervention on May 31 against those protesting plans to redevelop the square and the park had sparked the biggest anti-government protests in Turkey in decades and dented Erdogan's international reputation. The protests, which at one ... More Violence Rips Turkey, Tear Gas, Water Cannons Turkey: Police Storm Park At Heart Of Unrest Riot Police In Turkey Move To Quash Protests |
Naharnet.com | CIA preparing to deliver rebels arms through Turkey and Jordan Washington Post The CIA is preparing to deliver arms to rebel groups in Syria through clandestine bases in Turkey and Jordan that were expanded over the past year in an effort to establish reliable supply routes into the country for nonlethal material, U.S. officials ... 71 Syrian army officers defect to Turkey Turkey welcomes Obama admin's decision to send arms to Syrian rebels More than 70 Syrian Officers Defect to Turkey |
Why Turkey protests are a good thing CNN (blog) Turkey is a democracy but it is an immature democracy. And it is dealing with a central democratic dilemma: how to treat the minority that did not vote for you? This is something that should resonate across the Middle East, as we watch, for example, a ... |
New York Times | Some Protesters in Turkey Disavow Agreement With Premier to End Park Sit-In New York Times After a booming thunderstorm Friday morning, organizers who in the early morning hours had walked out of Mr. Erdogan's home in Ankara, Turkey's capital, with a tentative deal to end the protests were met with defiance by the rank-and-file protesters ... Turkey protests: Visiting Erdogan's heartland Turkey protesters refuse to leave Gezi Park Turkey's leader issues 'final warning' to Gezi Park protesters |
Tyranny of the majority in Turkey Jerusalem Post In a country divided between east and west, a park in the center of Istanbul has sparked what activists are calling “Taksim Solidarity,” others the “Turkish Spring.” The reality is that the events in Turkey are neither. The conquest of Taksim Square on ... |
Turkey's Erdogan issues sit-in deadline Aljazeera.com Turkey has been in turmoil since late May after a sit-in protest against an urban development project in the heart of Istanbul transformed into countrywide anti-government demonstrations. In the AK Party rally in Ankara, the prime minister also accused ... |
Turkey's upheaval Descent into confrontation The Economist Turkey's turmoil has been going on since May 31st, when the police brutally suppressed a peaceful protest by a group camped in Gezi Park on the edge of Taksim. Had Mr Erdogan backed away earlier from his controversial plan to build a shopping arcade ... |
Yahoo! Sports | Dwight Howard to voice cartoon turkey in time-traveling turkey movie Yahoo! Sports I find it a little hard to believe that any Hollywood studio would make a movie that ends with turkey not being served at Thanksgiving, but maybe the Dream Factory will have some surprises in store for audiences. Or maybe it's a very serious film about ... Dwight Howard Will Voice A Turkey In A Movie About...Turkeys Hollywood thinks Dwight Howard is a turkey, wants to make him a star Lakers News: Dwight Howard To Play A Turkey In Movie “Free Birds” |
BBC News | Turkey government freezes Gezi Park project BBC News Turkey's government has agreed to suspend redevelopment plans for a park in Istanbul until a court rules on the issue. After late-night talks with protesters, a government spokesman said there would be no attempt to start the project until a court ... |