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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] => ) [1] => 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 ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 953561 [Title] => Death toll rises to 5 in Turkey protests [Summary] =>

A lawyer says a protester injured during clashes with Turkish riot police has died, raising the death toll to five from the two-week standoff between police and activists that has challenged Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-13 16:10:20 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => 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] => ) [4] => 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 ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 950826 [Title] => Activists present list of demands in Turkey [Summary] =>

Activists on yesterday presented a list of demands they said could end days of anti-government demonstrations that have engulfed Turkey, as trade unions joined in the outpouring of anger, shouting slogans and wielding banners calling on the prime minister to resign.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-06 05:23:34 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1759652 [AuthorName] => Suzan Fraser [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 950453 [Title] => Turkish official says government respects protests [Summary] =>

 A close ally of Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday that his government respects the right to non-violent protest and free speech, but that it must also protect its citizens against violence.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-05 10:59:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1266953 [AuthorName] => Desmond Butler [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 950306 [Title] => Pinoys told to take precautions [Summary] =>

Filipinos in Turkey, where anti-government protests are escalating, were advised to take extra precautions.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 949651 [Title] => Erdogan rejects 'dictator' claims [Summary] =>

Turkey's prime minister on yesterday rejected claims that he is a "dictator," dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe, even as thousands returned to the landmark Istanbul square that has become the site of the fiercest anti-government outburst in years.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-03 03:40:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1759659 [AuthorName] => Suzan Fraser and Nebi Qena [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3695/58439430.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 728463 [Title] => Police detain 126 people over pro-Kurdish protest in Istanbul [Summary] =>

 A total of 126 people were detained by police in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul on Sunday after refusing to dismiss a pro-kurdish protest.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-19 08:28:08 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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