Turkish police read protesters riot act with tear gas, beatings
ANKARA, Turkey — Cengiz Ulas is no stranger to protests and police brutality. But this time, things are different, he says.
“There was never so much gas, and they aim it directly at people,” Ulas, 56, said at a late-night demonstration in the Turkish capital, Ankara. He began his protest career when he was a student, as a staunch supporter of the secularist founding of the modern Turkish republic. “They used to just chase us with sticks," he said.
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