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                    [ArticleID] => 1403666
                    [Title] => Turkish football fans on trial for 'coup'
                    [Summary] => 

Dozens of football fans who took part in last year's mass anti-government protests went on trial on yesterday accused of an attempted coup, in a case seen as the latest example of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown on dissent.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-17 05:36:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1356748 [Title] => Turkey to select new PM end August [Summary] =>

Turkey's governing party said yesterday it will select a new prime minister at the end of August to replace Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won the country's first direct presidential election in a historic vote.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-12 06:04:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302467 [AuthorName] => Elena Becatoros and Suzan Frazer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 963429 [Title] => Turkey again closes Istanbul park [Summary] =>

An Istanbul park that was at the center of weeks of anti-government demonstrations opened for a few hours yesterday, but Turkish authorities quickly closed it and fired a water cannon at protesters heading to the area for a planned rally.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-09 06:03:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336389 [AuthorName] => Gero Breloer and Suzan Fraser [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955382 [Title] => Unions give lift to Turkish anti-gov't protests [Summary] =>

Labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority on yesterday, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken Turkey's secular democracy.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-18 05:12:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536686 [AuthorName] => Nebi Qena and Jamey Keaten [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955198 [Title] => Gezi [Summary] =>

After 18 days of pitched battles between the police and youthful protestors, the Turkish authorities managed to clear Gezi Park in downtown Istanbul over the weekend. That might not be the end of this perplexing movement, however, as Turkey’s trade unions called for a general strike this week.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955015 [Title] => Turkey unrest goes on despite end to park protest [Summary] =>

Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed even as Turkey's prime minister addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters a few kilometers away.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-17 09:23:37 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302465 [AuthorName] => Elena Becatoros and Suzan Fraser [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => https://imageshack.com/scaled/large/43/t77k.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 953507 [Title] => Turkish gov't open to referendum to end protests [Summary] =>

Turkey's government on yesterday offered a first concrete gesture aimed at ending nearly two weeks of street protests, proposing a referendum on a development project in Istanbul that triggered demonstrations that have become the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 10-year tenure.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-13 06:23:02 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 953132 [Title] => Clashes in Istanbul extend into night in Taksim [Summary] =>

Protesters and Turkey's prime minister both refused to back down yesterday in what could become the final battle for Istanbul's Taksim Square, the symbol of nationwide grievances against his government.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-12 04:30:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302465 [AuthorName] => Elena Becatoros and Suzan Fraser [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2900/25071221.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 952345 [Title] => Turkey's leader lambasts protesters [Summary] =>

In a series of increasingly belligerent speeches to cheering supporters yesterday, Turkey's prime minister demanded an end to the 10-day anti-government protests that have spread across the country, saying those who do not respect the government will pay.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-10 06:30:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1759658 [AuthorName] => Suzan Fraser and Elena Becatoros [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 952011 [Title] => Turkey PM's party rules out early elections [Summary] =>

Police in Ankara fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse thousands of people protesting near government buildings on yesterday, as Turkey's biggest wave of anti-government protests in decades entered its second week with no signs of waning.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-09 07:20:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302465 [AuthorName] => Elena Becatoros and Suzan Fraser [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8470/93946409.jpg ) ) )
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