Turkey unrest: Erdogan vows to strengthen police powers as 'dozens detained'...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will increase police powers following almost three weeks of anti-government protests as dozens of demonstrators were detained during a series of...
View ArticlePolice seal off Istanbul square after protests
ISTANBUL — Police in Istanbul have cordoned off the city's Taksim Square to traffic and pedestrians after clearing out protesters occupying a park in a show of discontent with Prime Minister Recep...
View ArticleTurkey unrest: Silent 'standing man' inspires protesters
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will increase police powers following almost three weeks of anti-government protests as dozens of demonstrators were detained during a series of...
View ArticleTurkey: Erdogan's Show Of Support In Istanbul
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rallied tens of thousands of his supporters in Istanbal just hours after a crackdown on anti-government protesters in Taksim Square. The rally came as...
View ArticleTurkish PM urges protesters to leave Istanbul park
SINCAN, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's prime minister has threatened protesters that if they don't leave Istanbul's Taksim Square, security forces "know how to clear it." Recep Tayyip Erdogan was speaking at...
View ArticleTurkey strike after Erdogan vows to catch riot ‘terrorists’
The Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions and Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions are demanding an end to “police violence”. Associations representing doctors, engineers and dentists said they...
View ArticleTurkey: Police Storm Park At Heart Of Unrest
Turkish riot police have stormed an Istanbul park at the centre of two weeks of protests after Prime Minister Recep Tayyab Erdogan warned demonstrators that they must leave by today. The sweep marked...
View ArticleTurkey: Police Shut Down Taksim Protests
Turkish riot police have stormed an Istanbul park at the centre of two weeks of protests after Prime Minister Recep Tayyab Erdogan warned demonstrators that they must leave by today. It was the first...
View Article13 More Turkish Protesters Arrested Amid Police Raids
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's state-run agency says police have detained 13 more demonstrators suspected of involvement in violence during protests that have swept the country. The Anadolu Agency said...
View ArticleTurkey divided more than ever by Erdoğan's Gezi Park crackdown
Authoritarian response to mass protests has left the once all-powerful prime minister weakened at home and abroad Demonstrators during the Gezi Park occupation, which grew from a protest against...
View ArticleTurkey: Erdogan Supporters Rally In Istanbul
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rallied thousands of his supporters in Istanbul, just hours after a crackdown on anti-government protesters in Taksim Square. The rally came as riot...
View ArticleTurkey protesters defiant‚ reject PM's olive branch
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View ArticleHundreds injured as police clear Istanbul park
Hundreds of anti-government demonstrators were injured as Turkish police used excessive force to clear Istanbul’s Gezi Park, the main group organizing the protests said on Sunday. In a carefully...
View ArticleRiot police pour into Istanbul before Erdogan rally
Riot police from the Turkish provinces have been flown into protest-torn Istanbul as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepares to rally supporters. Some 1,000 riot police officers arrived at...
View ArticleRiot police disperse protesters in Istanbul park
ISTANBUL (AP) — Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas as they drove protesters out of Istanbul's Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park on Saturday, an intervention that came shortly after the...
View Article>Riot police disperse protesters in Istanbul park
ISTANBUL (AP) — Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas as they drove protesters out of Istanbul's Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park on Saturday, an intervention that came shortly after the...
View ArticleSupport rolls in as Recep Tayyip Erdogan forces reclaim protest site
TENS of thousands of Turkish government supporters were expected in Istanbul overnight, hours after police stormed a city park to clear it of opponents of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Riot...
View ArticleTurkish riot police move to clear protesters from Gezi Park
Officers use teargas and water cannons against protest camp in Istanbul after Prime Minister Erdogan issues warning at rally Riot police use water cannons to disperse protesters at Gezi Park in...
View ArticleEverywhere is Taksim
The everyday praxis of occupied Taksim was in some ways more radical than that of Occupy Wall Street or even Tahrir during the 2011 uprising – but their demands, so far, have not been. What started...
View ArticleTurkish PM rails at 'plot' behind Istanbul protest
SINCAN, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's prime minister is lashing out at protesters behind a two-week sit-in at an Istanbul park in a boisterous speech to tens of thousands of his supporters. Recep Tayyip...
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