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anti-government, citizens, Demonstrations, Istanbul, Police, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, protests, riots, Taksim Square, Turkey
Riot Police Retake Istanbul‘s Taksim Square early this morning. Riot police stormed Taksim Square, the center of recent protests in Istanbul, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at firework-hurling demonstrators, pushing many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today he had “no more tolerance” for the mass anti-government demonstrations that have engulfed the country and killed three protesters and one police officer.