Libertad 5 Anarquistas //
Freedom 5 Anarchists //
Llibertat per als cinc anarquistes //
الحرية لمدة خمس الفوضويين//
Liberté pour les cinq anarchistes //
Freiheit für fünf Anarchisten //
Ελευθερία για πέντε αναρχικούς //
Liberdade para cinco anarquistas //
5无政府主义者的自由 //
Свободу пяти анархистов //
पांच अराजकतावादी के लिए स्वतंत्रता //
Bost anarkista askatasuna //
Libertà per i cinque anarchici //
After viciously attacking peaceful protestors for 36 hours with tear gas and pepper spray to hold onto the area, Turkish police retreat as thousands of protesters pour into Istanbul’s Taksim Square….
By Guldenay Sonumut in Istanbul
Police have started withdrawing from a main Istanbul square to allow in tens of thousands of protesters campaigning against the potential construction of a shopping centre in a park.
State-run Private Dogan news agency said officers removed barricades after brief scuffles with demonstrators who hurled fireworks at them.
Riot police in Istanbul have fought running battles with thousands of people who turned out to protect a park in the city’s central Taksim Square.
Water cannon and tear gas were used as protesters tried to reach the square and the parliament building in the capital, Ankara.
It all started with a peaceful protest over plans to redevelop the Gezi Parka but it has become bigger than just an environmental protest. It is now a demonstration against the Islamist-rooted government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.