Turkey: Riot Police Storm Taksim Square

ProvidencePlant · Jun 11, 2013

http://descrier.co.uk/world/2013/06/turkey-riot-police-storm-taksim-square/

After nearly two weeks of peaceful anti-government protests in Turkey, riot police have stormed the focal point of the demonstrations - Istanbul's Taksim Square.
\nWith the support of armoured vehicles and water cannons, riot police carrying shields surrounded Taksim Square this morning before moving in to pull down barricades erected by protesters. They also removed protest banners from overlooking buildings, and replaced them with the national flag and a portrait of Kemal Ataurk, the father of the modern Turkish state.

Turkish riot police, who have previously been criticized for their violence and heavy-handed tactics, again fired tear gas, "sound bombs", and rubber bullets at the crowds causing caused many of the protesters to flee the square into the adjoining Gezi Park. A small group of protesters, although "no body knows who they are", have responded by throwing fireworks and stones at police. Some protesters believe that these handful of protesters using molotov cocktails are working with the government to make the protesters appear violent, with the Turkish media following the protests for the first time after a self-censored media blackout up until this point.

Speaking about the small group throwing molotov cocktails at police, one protester told us:
<blockquote>About 30 provocateurs who are NOT among us, NOT activists, NOT among the people who resist started attacking the police with molotov cocktails. Curiously enough the "Tomas" (water cannon vehicles) that are able to push away and separate hundreds of people within seconds (as we have seen many times in the two weeks) could not get rid of this group of provocateurs for over an hour now. Why? This is all a planned game to be played in front of the international media. The resisting people are still peaceful, they do not throw stones or molotov cocktails!
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The majority peaceful protesters stood arm in arm as the riot police moved in with riot gas and water cannons

</blockquote>Either the search function on this forum is fucked, or my other thread regarding this topic has been deleted.

SmokinP · Jun 11, 2013

http://forum.grasscity.com/politics/1221409-widespread-riots-turkey.html

Hello ladys · Jun 11, 2013

definitely turk agents, fucking ridiculous

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