Turkey Protest Crackdown: Police Fire Tear Gas And Water Cannons At Demonstrators
By Associated Press 06/16/13 12:23 PM ET EDT AP
ISTANBUL — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip says he carried out his "duty" by deploying riot police who evicted thousands of activists behind an 18-day sit-in at an Istanbul park that had become a center of protests against his 10 years in office.
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