After a Violent Weekend Crackdown, Turkey Braces for More Chaos
By Piotr Zalewski / IstanbulJune 17, 20135 Comments
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A protester throws back a tear-gas canister at riot police during clashes between police and demonstrators in the streets adjacent to Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 16, 2013
On Sunday morning, neighborhoods across Istanbul woke up to what has by now become a hauntingly familiar smell — tear gas. Before dawn, clouds of it enveloped the Bosporus Bridge, as riot police confronted hundreds of protesters trying to reach the city’s European shore. Around Taksim Square and Gezi Park, where renewed clashes erupted on Saturday night, its stink, combined with that of garbage left uncollected, infested the summer sea breeze.
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