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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Turkey erupts .... yet again


Turkey's  protesters coming together again.  The news items and the videos give one a feeling of déjà vu.  I find myself looking for the date any  video was posted and matching it with a news item to prove its authenticity of a brand new event or if its a repeat of something that happened months ago.  For that reason,  I am not sure if the 2nd video is from the latest protests  although it was posted a few hours ago and its title seems to deal with same issue.



From DW.DE:
Protesters, police clash across Turkey over man's death. Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Istanbul, Ankara and the southern city of Antakya to protest police violence. The disputed circumstances of a young man's death prompted the renewed unrest.
Police deployed tear gas and water cannon to disperse demonstrators in several Turkish cities overnight on Thursday, according to Turkish media. Some protesters reportedly set barricades on fire during the clashes, which lasted for several hours.........



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