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Istanbul Park Protest Turns on Government - WSJ.com

Istanbul Park Protest Turns on Government

By EMRE PEKER And JOE PARKINSON

ISTANBUL—Turkish police repeatedly fired tear gas at thousands of protesters around Istanbul's main square on Friday, as four days of increasingly heavy-handed attempts to shutter a small protest to save a downtown park evolved into a broader demonstration against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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