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Riot police use tear gas, water cannon on Turkey protesters - CBS News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:31:49 GMT

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.


Turkey protests: Riot police disperse protesters in Istanbul park - Politico Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:28:20 GMT

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 ...
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Riot Police In Turkey Move To Quash ProtestsNPR
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CIA preparing to deliver rebels arms through Turkey and Jordan - Washington Post Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:43:19 GMT

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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 ...
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Turkey welcomes Obama admin's decision to send arms to Syrian rebelsWashington Times
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Why Turkey protests are a good thing - CNN (blog) Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:53:23 GMT

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 ...


Some Protesters in Turkey Disavow Agreement With Premier to End Park Sit-In - New York Times Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:59:20 GMT

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 heartlandBBC News
Turkey protesters refuse to leave Gezi ParkAljazeera.com
Turkey's leader issues 'final warning' to Gezi Park protestersThe Guardian
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Tyranny of the majority in Turkey - Jerusalem Post Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:45:11 GMT

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 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:50:33 GMT

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 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:36:21 GMT

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 ...


Dwight Howard to voice cartoon turkey in time-traveling turkey movie - Yahoo! Sports Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:35:46 GMT

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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 ...
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Turkey government freezes Gezi Park project - BBC News Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:30:25 GMT

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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 ...