"We are concerned by the reports of excessive use of force by
police," US Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on Monday. "We
obviously hope that there will be a full investigation of those
incidents and full restraint from the police force."
On the fourth day of the anti-government protests, Turkish police
used teargas and water cannon to disperse the demonstrators who had
gathered in the downtown Kizilay Square in the capital Ankara to demand
Erdogan’s resignation. The protests in the city continued into the early
hours of Tuesday.
Riot police fired teargas to disperse thousands of protestors
massing near his Istanbul office in the Besiktas district late Monday.
In Taksim Square, the focal point of the protests, a helicopter
hovered over thousands of demonstrators who were shouting "Tayyip,
resign!" and wafted teargas into the square.
The violence, which erupted on Friday over plans to build over Gezi
Park in Istanbul, has so far claimed the life of one protester who was
killed when a car crashed into a crowd of demonstrators in the Mayis
district of the city on Sunday.
More than 1,000 people have been injured in the crackdown on
protests in Istanbul with 700 wounded in Ankara, according to rights
groups and doctors. Over 2,000 protesters have also been arrested.
The Turkish police’s use of “excessive force” against protesters has
been followed by irritating comments by Erdogan who called the
protesters “extremists” and “vandals.”
White House spokesman Jay Carney said US officials think most of the
protesters in the streets have been ordinary citizens engaged in
peaceful demonstrations.
Kesk, a left-wing trade union confederation, has said it will start a two-day strike from Tuesday to support the protesters.
The Turkish prime minister, who started a four-day tour of Morocco
on Monday despite the widespread protests, told a news conference in
Rabat the "The situation (in Turkey) is now calming down... on my return
from this visit, the problems will be solved."
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