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Saturday, June 01, 2013

Turkey's Erdogan Gets Taste of His Own Medicine?

Turkey's Erdogan Gets Taste of His Own Medicine?

By Daniel McAdams

June 01, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - After nearly a week of increasing public protests in Turkey, ostensibly over government plans to turn a last bit of green space in Istanbul into another shopping mall, matters became far more serious on Friday. Riot police descended on the protestors with various forms of tear gas (and possibly worse chemical and biological agents -- raw sewage?) and water cannon, blasting everyone and everything in sight including non-participants. When they caught protestors, they beat them violently and brutally, as can be seen in this video. Photographs show that police fired tear gas into crowded underground metro stations, leading to panic and worse. Istanbul looks like a war zone.

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