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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:57 pm

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According to the Istanbul Bar Association, there have now been three tear gas capsule woundings in Taksim.

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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:06 pm

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With Kızılay Square having been emptied of demonstrators and reopened to traffic, intense clashes between police and protestors continue in side streets.

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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:13 pm

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Hatay - In Armutlu (where Ahmet Atakan lived), a youth named Aycan Karaali has been wounded by a tear gas capsule that hit his head.

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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:16 pm

People in Istanbul’s Cihangir quarter, the gas having dispersed, get back to work on building a barricade.

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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:20 pm

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Ankara- Middle East Technical University students have united with local people and they are marching to Kızılay Square.

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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:23 pm

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The police intervention in Antalya has commenced. The police are spraying people with water containing chemical additives.

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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:25 pm

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In Ankara, two demonstrators in Ziya Gökalp Street and one in Güvenpark have been hospitalised.

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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:39 pm

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The police have brought construction equipment and lorries into Istiklal Street and are attempting to lift barricades.

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Taksim now appears to be quieter compared to the first hours. However, police intervention with tear gas and plastic bullets continues in side streets. Certain groups appear to be congregating in Cihangir and Sıraselviler.

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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:43 pm

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Istanbul- In Cihangir, a police attack on protestors, who had withdrawn behind barricades that they had set on fire, was repulsed using fireworks.

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Re: I was There yesterday! (events in Istanbul)

Postby Tim Drayton » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:45 pm

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Ankara- Attack by police in Dikmen. The rapid intervention force preparing to make arrests.

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