Turkey Unrest Goes On Despite End To Park Protest : NPR

Turkey Unrest Goes On Despite End To Park Protest

by The Associated Press
June 17, 201312:59 AM

ISTANBUL (AP) — Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed even as Turkey's prime minister addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters a few kilometers away.

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