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[bill cobbett]

An unconfirmed report from a friend of what's described as a "massacre" taking place at Taksim...

Friend writes...

..."Intervention started again. All the roads leading to Taksim are blocked by police. Tweeters report that police attacks the people in the park with bats. Journalists and doctors are NOT allowed to enter the park!

"Small children injured at Taksim, metro stations closed, police attacking injured in hospitals. MASSACRE TAKING PLACE."...

[bill cobbett]

From indy media...

21.48: [Istanbul] Ferry transport has been halted at Kadiköy. The people at Taksim and Beşiktaş are trying to assist and harbor the resistors at Gezi Park by exchanging messages and addresses on social media.
21.47: [Istanbul] Thousand people are in the streets in the Capital of Germany, Berlin to protest the police attacks.
21.46: [Istanbul] Crowd of people are gathering in Harbiye direction. Many people have been wounded due to the attack of the police.

Confirmed by CBS that an intervention is taking place at the mo.

Intervention confirmed also by HDN ...http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police ... sCatID=341

... which reports... "There was a vast crowd, including kids and elderly people in the park, only minutes before the police raid. ..."

[bill cobbett]

An account posted elsewhere a few mins ago ...

..."LIVE FROM ISTANBUL: Today, following Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's extremely sectarian, separatist, and fictious speech in Ankara, around 9 PM, the Turkish police began to attack thousands of people who were at the Gezi Park and Taksim square, having dinner. There were kids under 4-5 years old, mothers, and old people among those who were under gas and pressurised water attack. According to reports, police doesn't allow journalists to report or to take pictures from Gezi Park. They are also attacking with pressurised water business such as famous Divan Hotel that opened its doors to protestors running away from brutality. People are saying there are thousands of wounded inside the hotel. People formed a human chain in front of the hotel to prevent police to attack. Another report says that people cannot leave the hotel because police is arresting whoever leaves. There are also unconfirmed reports that police shut down the metro and boats between Asia and Europe to stop people coming and joining the rest. Another report says that there is a jammer in the area to prevent TV stations' broadcast. There are hundreds of wounded. There are a lot of missing kids, or kids who are separated from their families. Protestors are fighting with police in Sıraselviler, Cihangir, Harbiye, and most likely around Dolmabahçe and Maçka. People call it a total brutality, a real savagery that is going on tonight. What we are seeing an ugly war where only one side have weapons. THIS IS STATE TERROR!!"...

... with a picky of a large crowd, described as numbering in "thousands" marching towards Taksim on the E-5 Highway...

[kurupetos]

Will it take all summer? I reckon they will have to go home in autumn.

[bill cobbett]

Some pickies of the scenes in and outside the Divan Hotel which is being used as a refuge and first-aid station...

[bill cobbett]

News that a crowd of unspecified number has gathered outside a building described by some as a "turkish embassy" in the Occupied Part of Nicosia.

[kurupetos]

The last thing Europe needs is Turkish asylum seekers.

[kurupetos]

News that a crowd of unspecified number has gathered outside a building described by some as a "turkish embassy" in the Occupied Part of Nicosia.

Maybe they found the source of all the shite that is currently flooding the 'trnc'.

[bill cobbett]

Indy media summary of the past hour or so...

00.54: [Istanbul] Gazi residents have passed the Sadabat viaduct. Örnektepe residents have joined in. Polis shot tear gas at the crowd
00.48: [Istanbul] Police is shooting tear gas at protesters in Osmanbey from Dolapdere direction. The group is moving on to Mecidiyeköy and Kurtuluş areas without dispersing. Photo
00.48: [Edirne] The crowd that gathered in Zübeyde Hanım Park in Edirne was joined in by the group coming in from Baca direction. Together they have reached Saraçlar Street.
00.46: [Istanbul] Police attacked people at Osmanbey (district of istanbul).
00.41: [Ankara] The police is warning the thousands in Kennedy Street, urging them to disperse.
00.41: [Istanbul] Thousands of people, marching from Bahçeşehir-Esenkent, have blocked the TEM highway at Ispartakule counters.
00.41: [Ankara] Hundreds walking from Mamak to Kızılay clashed with the police close to Kolej. After 45 minutes of clashes, the Mamak protesters retreated to the front of the Cebeci campus. Barricades are being set up.
00.39: [Ankara] Nearly 20 thousand people are still demonstrating by sitting in Kennedy Street, the police is getting prepared for attacking.
00.38: [Istanbul] 10 thousands of people from Hilton Hotel to Osmanbey exclaim "Goverment to resign!" Police use quite often stun grenade.
00.36: [Istanbul] There are more than 50 injured at Taksim Eğitim ve Araştırma Hopital, 27 injured at Şişli Etfal Hospital.

[bill cobbett]

The crowd (of still unknown number) outside the Turkish Pasha's office in the Occupied Part of Nicosia have declared they'll stay 'til morning and have broadcast an appeal for supporters to bring blankets and pots and pans.