Tonight and today have seen some of the most intense fight in Turkey since the popular revolt began.
Police attacked Taksim Square overnight, evidencing Erdogan, who had just promised negotiations, as the liar he is.
23.00 The people of Gazi who have been subjected to enormous violence from the Turkish police blocked the main artery of the city.
23.30 Protesters in Istiklal Avenue forcing their way into the Taksim square.
23.40 People gathered in Kadikoy, trying to pass the bridge between Asia and Europe to get to the Taksim square.
00.02 People write down their blood types on their arms in case they get hurt by the brutal attacks of the police.
00.15 Thousands of people still flow to the Gezi Park.
00.30 Protestors are gathering in the Istiklal Avenue.
00.35 Police started attacking the protestors with blast bombs and tear gas in Ankara, capital city of Turkey.
They also
report that the
Internet was completely shut down in Turkey for hours. Police has been this morning defending their "conquest" of Taksim Square, with intermittent attacks to the crowds gathered around it.
The struggles have produced many striking images, some of which well worth a Pulitzer prize:
... some of which have been
compiled by Webguerrillero in a gallery:
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| Watercannon victim |
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| Injured man being hauled away |
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| Ingenuous weapons |
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| Popular fire |
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| More ingenuous weapons |
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| Also determined nonviolence resistance |
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| Water vs. fire |
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| Fire won this time |
Also 50 attorneys who were staging a sit-in at the Justice Palace of Istanbul were arrested by police (→
Webguerrillero[es], incl. video).
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