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[bill cobbett]

A friend reports cellphone/mobile phone service has been cut off in Istanbul and CCTV cameras are also off there.

Warns that we're in for a night of "evil happenings".

[Oceanside50]

The new Europeans ...there's a half a million of them on the other side of the green line

[Kikapu]

CNN International has been running continues "Breaking News" reporting, devoting all of their airtime on Istanbul for the last 3 hours with their own reporters on the ground in Istanbul, broadcasting live pictures all around the world. This has all the hallmarks of a "Turkish Spring", no matter what others may want to call it.

[B25]

Kiks, I agree with this, it has gone on too long and too many injured for it just to fizzle out.

I hope your family over there will be ok. This has been a long time coming in Turkey when you get a dictator in power. Strange how your best mate (aka VP) has made no comments or support for Erdo his idol ????

[GreekIslandGirl]

Kiks, I agree with this, it has gone on too long and too many injured for it just to fizzle out.

I hope your family over there will be ok. This has been a long time coming in Turkey when you get a dictator in power. Strange how your best mate (aka VP) has made no comments or support for Erdo his idol ????

Is there an internet blackout in the occupied areas?

Do you think the occupation troops will be pulled back to Turkey to help Erdogan?

[Kikapu]

Kiks, I agree with this, it has gone on too long and too many injured for it just to fizzle out.

I hope your family over there will be ok. This has been a long time coming in Turkey when you get a dictator in power. Strange how your best mate (aka VP) has made no comments or support for Erdo his idol ????

Thanks for your concern with my sisters family in Turkey, but they will be OK. I talk with them regularly. They have more than just the Turkish citizenship, should they require any foreign diplomatic assistance in the event of things turning very ugly.

As for VP, the cat must have got his tongue!

[Demonax]

Earlier this evening in Taksim Square:

[Get Real!]

Do you think the occupation troops will be pulled back to Turkey to help Erdogan?

[bill cobbett]

Despite assurances that protesters in Gezi Park were safe, the "police" have fired CS gas and plastic bullets in to the camp at Gezi Park.

Timeline of the past couple of hours as reported by Indy media...

[Istanbul]Divan Otel has opened it's gates to resistance before, now police is oppressing the otel but otel refuses to give resistance back to the police.
02.40:
[Istanbul]A barricade around Harbiye is under fire, thousands of people chant with anger, make noise by hitting construction barriers. Heavy gas attack to intersection area of Gezi and Şişli.
02.36:
[Istanbul] Thousands of people in Harbiye chant "squeeze if you can..." Attack to Gezi Park from every side.
02.29:
[Istanbul](police) Attacks Gezi Parkı from Taşkışla and Talimhane with gas bombs. Photo
02.16:
[Istanbul] Police started to remove barricades at Taşkışla when people started to protect themselves from gas bombs (TN:by protect here, it refers to that protestors started to defend only
02.16:
[Ankara] Police vehicles have targetted everyone at Tunalı Hilmi with gas bombs. Clashes continue.
02.13:
[Istanbul] Tens of thousands of people at Gezi Park, some had to retreat to Divan Otel due to gas bomb attacks, chanting "Government step back"
02.07:
[Istanbul] Rubber bullets and gas bombs are being fired to the Gezi Park.
02.03:
[Istanbul] Too many gas bombs are thrown to Gezi Park. Capul.tv had to end it's stream.
01.49:
[Ankara] Clashes continue at Tunalı Hilmi and Tunus avenues where riot police has entered.

... and a photo...

[bill cobbett]

The regulator of television in Turkey has fined several TV stations for highlighting the protest events of the past few days.

In the words of a friend...

..."The Radio and Television Supreme Council has fined TV stations that highlighted the protests has fined Ulusal TV, Halk TV, Cem TV and EM Tv on the grounds of encouraging public violence.
The decision was reached in RTUK's meeting yesterday. The decision alleged that the TV channels have violated the broadcasting service principles by broadcasting programs that may be detrimental to children's and youth's physical, psychological, and ethical development and decided on imposing fines on this basis."...

So lest CF be similarly penalised ... here's a picky of some Penguins...