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Protests crack Turkey's international image - Acadiana's Multi-Media News Station

Protests crack Turkey's international image

By ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press

ISTANBUL (AP) - A violent police crackdown on a small environmental sit-in at Istanbul's central Taksim Square has done more than spawn a week of protests across the country. It has left cracks in the shiny international image of a tolerant and deeply democratic Turkey.

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