Istanbul residents clean up after protests
English.news.cn 2013-06-08 21:35:49
BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The clean-up has begun in Istanbul’s Sultan Gazi neighbourhood, following clashes between Turkish police and anti-government protesters.
Burnt debris and damaged shops were visible on Saturday morning. The protests began as a sit-in at a park in the city’s Taksim Square to prevent a redevelopment project that would replace the park with replica Ottoman barracks and other buildings. But violent intervention by the police to eject the protesters on May 31 outraged many, and the protests spread to dozens of cities across Turkey.
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