I was thinking this might be a secular rule V sharia state thing like we see in Egypt and Tunisia but this looks like your classic commie Occupy BS where some children object to a mall and housing complex being built where there is now nothing.
H/T M
When did it become appropriate to throw rocks and light fires and act like you want to kill someone at a simple demonstration over a park? What happened to standing there with protest signs and handing out pamphlets? Rocks kill people on a regular basis in places like Cairo, so it should be considered a major crime to launch one into a crowd of people. Here I go sounding like a nut-case again, but I know for a fact that there are communists who meet in rooms and discuss the tactics they’re going to use in order to bring down Western Society. That’s who’s behind the “occupy” movement, that’s who want throwing rocks to become the new norm. They never tire…
It was peaceful for three days. No mention of the woman shot in the head with a tear gas cannister causing her to go into convulsions?. They’re aiming directly at people. That’s not how you use tear gas. CommunistsOMG?!! You guys crack me up.
At least 12 people have been injured after Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon against protesters occupying a park in central Istanbul.
Demonstrators had held a four-day sit-in at Gezi Park, angry at plans to redevelop that part of Taksim Square.
An Istanbul court later ordered the temporary suspension of the project to uproot 600 trees in the park.
But there is wider anger against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the unrest has spread to Ankara.
Protests have also been reported in other cities, including Bodrum, Konya and Izmir.
The US later expressed its concern over the reported number of injuries in Istanbul.
“We believe that Turkey’s long-term stability, security and prosperity is best guaranteed by upholding the fundamental freedoms of expression, assembly and association, which is what it seems these individuals were doing,” state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
“These freedoms are crucial to any healthy democracy.”
Earlier this month, riot police clashed with tens of thousands of people attempting to hold a May Day march in Istanbul.
‘Summer of discontent’
What started out as an environmental protest in Istanbul became anti-government in tone, correspondents say.
The controversial redevelopment project is aimed at easing congestion around Taksim Square but also involves building a shopping centre over Gezi Park.
Opponents of Mr Erdogan’s plans say the park is one of the few green areas left in central Istanbul.
One banner at Friday’s protest included a cartoon of Mr Erdogan dressed as an Ottoman sultan with the slogan: “The people will not bow down to you.”
“We do not have a government, we have Tayyip Erdogan,” political scientist and protester Koray Caliskan told the Reuters news agency.
“They are not listening to us,” he added. “This is the beginning of a summer of discontent.”
A dozen people have reportedly been admitted to hospital in Istanbul following Friday’s clashes.
Hurriyet Daily News reported that seven of those wounded had serious injuries, including a broken leg and head injuries.
A journalist was hit in the head with a tear-gas canister and Hurriyet’s own photographer was injured, it added.
There are also reports that foreigners were among those injured.
In all, more than 60 people were arrested.
In Ankara, protesters staged what they described as a solidarity rally, with many participants chanting: “Everywhere is resistance, everywhere is Taksim!”
Mr Erdogan has stressed that he is determined to go ahead with the redevelopment project in Istanbul.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22732139
ISTANBUL – At about 2am on 1 June 2013, a powerful display of discontent swept across the city in response to the days-long crackdown on peaceful protestors at Taksim’s Gezi Park.
in ANKARA
in IZMIR
BBC NEWS – Clashes in Istanbul
Looks like not all of the Turks want an Islamic state.