Sunday, 16 June 2013 07:32
Turkish police crack down on revival of protests
ISTANBUL (AP) — Riot police with water cannons and tear gas are hitting protesters who remain defiant after authorities evicted activists from an Istanbul park.
Sunday's clampdown indicated authorities were taking a hardline against attempts to rekindle the protests.
In Istanbul, police battled protesters in side streets off Gezi Park and beyond.
Meanwhile, what was left of the two-week sit-in was bulldozed and police sealed off the area. Hundreds of white-helmeted riot police swept through the park and adjacent Taksim Square yesterday to clear out the protesters.
In Ankara, the capital, police dispersed hundreds who tried to hold a memorial service for an activist who died of injuries sustained in a nearby police crackdown nearby on June 1.
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013 02:13
Turkish police detain suspected leftist militants
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's state-run news agency says police are rounding up dozens of people suspected of membership in a left-wing militant group that has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara earlier this month.
It was the second major sweep against suspected members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, since January. It wasn't immediately clear if the arrests were directly linked to the embassy bombing which killed a Turkish security guard on Feb. 1.
The Anadolu Agency said Tuesday police were arresting dozens of people in 28 provinces across Turkey.
The DHKP-C has claimed responsibility for assassinations and bombings since the 1970s but had been relatively quiet in recent years.
It was the second major sweep against suspected members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, since January. It wasn't immediately clear if the arrests were directly linked to the embassy bombing which killed a Turkish security guard on Feb. 1.
The Anadolu Agency said Tuesday police were arresting dozens of people in 28 provinces across Turkey.
The DHKP-C has claimed responsibility for assassinations and bombings since the 1970s but had been relatively quiet in recent years.
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