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Thousands Gather At Taksim Square While Workers March In Istanbul , 100 Intellectuals Express Concern

Thousands Gather At Taksim Square While Workers March In Istanbul ,
100 Intellectuals Express Concern

By Countercurrents.org

30 June, 2013

As part of continuing protest against the Islamist Erdogan government thousands of protesters gathered at Taksim Square on June 29 to denounce the government's response to the Gezi Park protests, a week after another demonstration was quelled with water cannons and tear gas. Police assaulted a protest near Ankara University . In an area in Ankara , police-protesters clashes are breaking out almost every night. In Istanbul , workers and political activists marched protesting the clashes and killing of a protester in Lice. Taksim protesters are signing legal documents taking responsibility of the protest.

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