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.
Turkish tensions unlikely to spark a revolution
In Taksim Square there are tens of thousands of peaceful protesters, no signs though of riot police nor of the teargas that has been here for several nights.
As one protester was saying, this does not look like an Arab Spring.
Young, Western Turks see themselves as part of Europe, where as more conservative, rural elements look more to Islam.
That is a source of tension which may sometimes spill over into unrest but not the spark of revolution.
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Eyewitnesses reveal horror and hope in Turkey
"We'll never forget what we have seen in the past few days. People bleeding on the street from rubber bullets and nurses beaten by police."