Turkish Spring? Violent clashes rumble through the night in Istanbul (VIDEO) http://youtu.be/VqIJnMN7tB4 <http://t.co/qu43uJuE9E>
Thousands marching from Asian side toward #Taksim<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Taksim&src=hash>now pic.twitter.com/yXCpFlW1Rm <http://t.co/yXCpFlW1Rm> Turkey Today: Protesters Defy Police Crackdown as Demonstrations Spread Beyond Istanbul<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2013/5/31/turkey-today-protesters-defy-police-crackdown-as-demonstrati.html> inShare Friday, May 31, 2013 at 21:31 | Scott Lucas<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/author/scott-lucas> in EA Live <http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/ea-live>, EA Middle East and Turkey<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/ea-middle-east-and-turkey> , Middle East and Iran<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/middle-east-and-iran> ------------------------------ Clashes between protesters and police continue tonight after Turkish security forces, using water cannon and tear gas, tried to disperse peaceful demonstrators<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/01/world/europe/police-attack-protesters-in-istanbuls-taksim-square.html?hp&_r=0> in Istanbul's Takism Square. At least 60 people<http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/05/2013531112443894367.html> were detained on Friday after police moved on a rally of several thousand people which began over the demolition of a park, but which turned into a broader protest against what the Erdogan Government. More than 100 people were injured, some left lying on the ground unconscious and at least two hospitalised with injuries to the head. Istanbul Government Huseyin Avni Mutlu said the most seriously injured person --- a Turkish national of Palestinian origin--- had to undergo brain surgery after fractures to her skull, but was doing well in intensive care. He said in televised remarks that an investigation was underway and people had been detained for "provoking violence". Demonstrators had occupied the Gezi park<http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201305302148-0022796> since Tuesday to prevent bulldozers from completing the demolition forf the Government's redevelopment plan with a replica Ottoman-era military barracks housing a shopping mall. Later on Friday, an Istanbul court ordered the temporary suspension of the project to uproot the trees. Protest spread to the capital Ankara, where about 5,000 people gathered in a park and police fired tear gas to disperse crowds trying to reach the headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party. The rallies also spread to two locations in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir. Gezi Park protestors held a large poster with a caricature depicting Erdogan as an Ottoman sultan with a caption that read: "The people won't yield to you." Erdogan has dismissed the protesters' demands for the park's protection, saying the government would go ahead with renovation plans "no matter what they do". Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 7:18 | Scott Lucas<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/author/scott-lucas> in EA Live <http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/ea-live>, EA Middle East and Turkey<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/ea-middle-east-and-turkey> , Middle East and Iran<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/middle-east-and-iran> *A protester is injured by a water cannon after challenging a police van* http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LiqOMrcBRL8* * *See also Friday's Turkey Today: Protesters Defy Police Crackdown as Demonstrations Spread Beyond Istanbul<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2013/5/31/turkey-today-protesters-defy-police-crackdown-as-demonstrati.html> * ------------------------------ *Turkey: Raw Footage of Today's Clashes* http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1egbIC7i8hQ* * *Turkey: How It All Started? Police Pepper-Spray Woman in Istanbul's Taksim Square* <http://www.todayszaman.com/blogNewsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=317117> *Iraq: Highest Monthly Death Toll in 5 Years* The United Nations mission to Iraq says 1045 people were killed<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/un-more-1000-iraqis-killed-may-violence> in violence in the country in May --- the highest monthly toll since June 2008. May's figure surpassed the 712 killed in April, which also set a five-year record. More than half of those killed, amid a series of bombings and gun attacks, were in Baghdad. *Egypt: Release of Accused Killers of Khaled Said, Icon for the 2011 Revolution* The Alexandria Criminal Court has adjourned to 6 July the retrial of the policemen accused of killing Khaled Said --- whose death was a catalyst for the 2011 Revolution - and ordered their release<http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/72852/Egypt/Politics-/Murderers-of-Egyptian-revolutions-icon,-Khaled-Sai.aspx> . The court said the two defendants must be freed because of a detention limit of 18 months. The policemen are trying to overturn their seven-year jail sentences, handed down in October 2012. The pair were found guilty of illegal imprisonment and torture and violence in Said's death in summer 2010. The case inspired a Facebook page, "We are All Khaled Said", part of the call to protest on 25 January 2011 that started the 18-day revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. *Turkey: Prime Minister Defiant Over Protests* Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, now (0950 GMT) speaking about the police attacks on protesters, is defiant --- he says of those who are demonstrating about the re-development of Gezi Park, "There are games being played....Nobody has the right to protest against the law and democracy." Erdogan said that police made mistakes in the use of pepper spray and tear gas on demonstrators and that the Ministry of Interior will investigate this; however, Taksim Square --- where the protesters sat in for four days before the police assault on Friday --- cannot be a "safe haven" for demonstrations. He insisted that "illegal organisations [were] provoking naive protesters". The Prime Minister, invoking history and ideology, said that he will persist in the plans to turn the green space of Gezi Park into a shopping mall, housed in a replica Ottoman-era military barracks. Erdogan declared that those opposing "urban transformation projects" want "our people to live in shanty homes". Speaking more widely, Erdogan insisted his Government reflects the will of the people and the opposition should act through the ballot box and not on the streets. He is confident, however, of winning any challenge: "Don't compete with us. If you gather 200,000 people, I can gather a million." *Turkey: More Police Tear Gas in Taksim Square* An AFP reporter says that police have fired more tear gas<http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/72848.aspx> this morning at protesters who gathered in Istanbul's Taksim Square. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has criticised<http://www.todayszaman.com/news-317114-deputy-pm-people-should-have-been-convinced-not-gassed-in-taksim.html> the security forces, "I think it would be better to try to convince those who say they do not want a shopping mall here [in Gezi Park] than using pepper gas on them." *Turkey: The Crowds on the Bosporus Bridge* <https://twitter.com/aykan_erdemir/status/340674417740902400/photo/1> <https://twitter.com/themerwish/status/340708224225382401/photo/1> *Turkey: Protests Escalate After Police Attacks on Friday* Protests escalated in Turkish cities last night after police, using tear gas and water cannon, tried to disperse demonstrators in Istanbul's main Taksim Square on Friday afternoon. The protesters were in the fourth day of a sit-in challenging the Erdogan Government's plan to cover Istanbul's Gezi Park --- the last major green space in the city --- with a replica Ottoman-era military barracks housing a shopping mall. More than 60 people were detained and at least 100 were injured, two seriously. <http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/occupy-taksim-grows-in-spite-of-crackdown.aspx?pageID=238&nID=48004&NewsCatID=341> Among the injured were opposition Peace and Democracy Party deputy Sýrrý Süreyya Önder, journalist Ahmet Þýk, and photojournalists Osman Orsal and Emrah Gürel. Protesters defied the police attack, continuing their sit-in, while demonstrations spread last night to Ankara and Izmir. An EA correspondent reports protests in Bodrum, Eskisehir, Bolu, Hopa, Konya, Izmit, Adana and Bursa. An Istanbul court later ordered the suspension of operations to clear trees from Gezi Park in preparation for the re-development. Government supporters and protesters clash last night in the Tophane section: This video<http://milliyet.tv/video-izle/Polisten-gostericileri-boyle-dovdu-hvn8Os3jt0qQ.html>, from Hurriyet TV, shows police beating protesters. 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