Police crackdown in Turkey
Turkish police have launched a crackdown on anti-government protesters in Istanbul after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the demonstrators to evacuate in a speech at a rally in the capital Ankara.
Turkey protests continue into a third day
Protesters lit fires and scuffled with police in parts of Istanbul and Ankara early this morning, but the streets are a lot quieter than yesterday, so far. Demonstrators lit bonfires and overturned vehicles, broken glass and rocks and police threw tear gas.
Turkey's interior minister Muammer Guler said 79 people have been injured over the past two days of protests: 26 police officers and 53 civilians. One of the civilians is thought to be in a serious condition, Guler said.
The protests started on Friday after cracked down on a peaceful sit-in against plans to turn a park in Istanbul into a shopping centre.
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