Police Storm Park in Istanbul, Setting Off a Night of Chaos
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The police attacked protesters with water cannons next to Gezi Park, in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday evening. More Photos »
By TIM ARANGO, SEBNEM ARSU and CEYLAN YEGINSU
Published: June 15, 2013
ISTANBUL — After 18 days of antigovernment demonstrations that presented a broad rebuke to the country’s leadership, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the riot police to storm the center of the protest movement in Gezi Park on Saturday evening, setting off a night of chaos in downtown Istanbul.
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