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LIVE UPDATES: Turkish police clamp down on anti-government protests

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LIVE UPDATES: Turkish police clamp down on anti-government protests

Published time: May 31, 2013 22:31 
Edited time: June 01, 2013 08:27
Riot police use tear gas to disperse the crowd during an anti-government protest at Taksim Square in central Istanbul June 1, 2013.(Reuters / Murad Sezer)
Riot police use tear gas to disperse the crowd during an anti-government protest at Taksim Square in central Istanbul June 1, 2013.(Reuters / Murad Sezer)

Turkish police have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse a massive demonstration against the demolition of a park in central Istanbul. The rally grew into a wider anti-government protest and is spreading across the country.

08:15 GMT: Police have cracked down on protesters in Ankara, using teargas and water cannons, as protests spread from Istanbul to the capital.

07:06 GMT: Police clashed with groups of stone-throwing young protesters trying to reach Taksim Square in Istanbul.

A man runs away during a clashes between Turkish protestors and riot policemen on June 1, 2013.(AFP Photo / Bulent Kilic)
A man runs away during a clashes between Turkish protestors and riot policemen on June 1, 2013.(AFP Photo / Bulent Kilic)

06:20 GMT: Police are firing teargas to bar the protesters from reaching the main square, AP reported Saturday morning.

Protestors clash with Turkish riot policemen on May 31, 2013.(AFP Photo / Gurcan Ozturk)
Protestors clash with Turkish riot policemen on May 31, 2013.(AFP Photo / Gurcan Ozturk)


05:40 GMT: Security has been stepped up in the metropolis, with police forces drafted from other regions. Some districts in Istanbul have been cordoned off. Traffic is currently at a standstill.

04:55 GMT: Thousands are crossing the Bosphorus Bridge this morning, to get to Taskim Square in the heart of Istanbul, marking the second day of protest turbulence engulfing Istanbul.

Photo from twitter.com user @sekermurat
Photo from twitter.com user @sekermurat


02:34 GMT: The photos show angry crowds in the streets of the Turkish capital, Ankara, overnight. Thousands rallied in the center of the city earlier on Friday chanting for the government to resign. Police fired tear gas to disperse several dozen opposition supporters trying to reach the AKP headquarters.

Anti-government protesters shout slogans as they clash with riot police in central Ankara early June 1, 2013 (Reuters / Umit Bektas)
Anti-government protesters shout slogans as they clash with riot police in central Ankara early June 1, 2013 (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in central Ankara early June 1, 2013 (Reuters / Umit Bektas)
Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in central Ankara early June 1, 2013 (Reuters / Umit Bektas)

01:20 GMT: Thousands of fans from the three largest soccer teams in Turkey joined the demonstrators in Istanbul, Ayda said.

01:18 GMT: As of 3:00am local time, even the most remote and quiet neighborhoods of Istanbul had joined in the protest, Ayda, a demonstrator, told RT. People are "banging on pots and pans, yelling, honking their car horns on the streets, and yelling slogans like "Erdogan, istifa!" (Turkish: Erdogan, resign!)."

00:00 GMT: Istanbul resident Tan Tunali told RT Istiklal Caddesi, the street leading to Taksim Square, was almost empty as of 2:00am local time, with the protesters spreading to other streets. “Now a lot of people spontaneously started taking to the streets and probably many of them are trying to get to Taksim.”

Saturday, June 1

23:50 GMT: According to an Istanbul-based activist, who has chosen to go by the alias Pink Pig, the protest is growing bigger. “People are coming from everywhere.” A witness video shows that the demonstration has spread to the Besiktas Sqaure, which is to the west of Taksim Square. 

Today the police used gas bombs and water cannon to get the protesters away from the Gezi park. And then from Taksim square too. They closed all the entries to the Taksim square. They closed the Taksim metro station. Since the morning we smelt gas in the streets of Taksim,” the activist told RT.