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Friday, March 14, 2014

Recording shows Erdoğan refused to ease tensions during Gezi Park protests - Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news

Recording shows Erdoğan refused to ease tensions during Gezi Park protests

14 March 2014 /TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL
Leaked audio recordings uploaded onto YouTube by an anonymous user allegedly of a phone conversation between former Interior Minister Muammer Güler and businessman Cemal Kalyoncu during the Gezi Park protests last summer reveal that the minister had asked Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to allow demonstrators to enter Gezi Park to make a press statement in exchange for ending the protests, a proposal which Erdoğan refused.

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