Turkey: Police Force Attacks Protesters At Gezi Again

People ♦ Published: June 11, 2013; 18:14 ♦ (Vindobona)

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems ready for talks with representatives of the demonstrators, who will be received by him on Wednesday. However, earlier he has demonstrated inexorable hardness.

Turkey: Police Force Attacks Protesters At Gezi Again / Picture: © Vindobona.org

On Tuesday morning he ordered strong police force to attack protesters with water cannons, tears gas and armored vehicles to Taksim Square which has been occupied for days. The police pushed forward from the district Besiktas and was received by demonstrators with Molotov cocktails. There are reports of numerous persons injured.

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