Sunday, 2 June 2013

Turkey in Turmoil: Protests widen into act of defiance against Prime Minister Erdogan



Para penunjuk perasaan menyalakan api dan ‘scuffled’ dengan pihak polis di bahagian-bahagian Istanbul dan Ankara awal pada hari Ahad, tetapi jalan-jalan secara amnya lebih tenang selepas 2 hari demonstrasi anti-kerajaan Turki yang sengit selama bertahun-tahun.

Beratus-ratus penunjuk perasaan yang menetapkan kebakaran di daerah Tunali daripada ibu kota Ankara, manakala polis rusuhan melepaskan gas pemedih mata dan semburan lada untuk menahan kumpulan belia membaling batu berhampiran pejabat Perdana Menteri Tayyip Erdogan di Istanbul.

Pusat Taksim Square, Istanbul, di mana protes telah memberi tumpuan, adalah lebih tenang selepas polis rusuhan tarik balik trak perisai mereka lewat pada hari Sabtu.

Protesters lit fires and scuffled with police in parts of Istanbul and Ankara early on Sunday, but the streets were generally quieter after two days of Turkey's fiercest anti-government demonstrations for years.

Hundreds of protesters set fires in the Tunali district of the capital Ankara, while riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray to hold back groups of stone-throwing youths near Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office in Istanbul.

Istanbul's central Taksim Square, where the protests have been focused, was quieter after riot police pulled back their armored trucks late on Saturday. 

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