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‘Not about trees anymore’ as Turkey protests intensify

June 3, 2013 by Staff Reports 1 Comment

‘Not about trees anymore’ as Turkey protests intensify

What started as a bid to save public land has escalated as youth face riot police with calls of revolution. What began as a protest to protect a public park in Istanbul from commercial development has escalated dramatically in a week's time with violent clashes between demonstrators and police on Friday leading to an even larger escalation on Saturday as more than ten … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Gezi Park, Istanbul, Occupy Wall Street, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey

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