Turkish police mass near Istanbul park protest area

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Turkish police mass near Istanbul park protest area

Protesters wave Turkish flags during a demonstration at Gezi park near Taksim Square in Istanbul, June 9, 2013. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

ISTANBUL | Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:10am EDT

(Reuters) - Hundreds of Turkish riot police gathered on Tuesday on a major avenue leading up to Istanbul's Taksim Square where protesters have been staging demonstrations against plans to redevelop a park, a Reuters witness said.

Broadcaster NTV and other media outlets said the police were preparing to remove barricades which have been erected by the demonstrators in the area around Taksim Square, which has been the scene of violent clashes between police and protesters.

(Reporting by Nick Tattersall; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)

 

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Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Istanbul June 3, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused anti-government protesters on Monday of walking "arm-in-arm with terrorism", remarks that could further inflame public anger after three days of some of the most violent riots in decades. Hundreds of police and protesters have been injured since Friday in the riots, which began with a demonstration to halt construction in a park in an Istanbul square and grew into mass protests against what opponents call Erdogan's authoritarianism. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

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A man points at an armoured police vehicle with his crutch as he tries to stop it in Ankara


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A riot police officer fires tear gas at protesters during a demonstration in Ankara June 3, 2013.
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A demonstrator wears a gas mask made out of a plastic water bottle during a protest against Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party in central Ankara

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