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The park in Istabul was allowed to reopen yesterday. And it was filled with clouds of tear gas.
During the protests since last month, Gezi Park, the initial cause of the protests, was closed to keep the park from the protestors. Istanbul governor announced the park would be reopen around noon on Monday.
However, quickly after that, the park became the unrest scene of clashes between the police and protestors. Police used tear gas canister, water canon to disperse the crowd. Police arrested some protestors, who refused to leave the park.
The New York Times reported that "dozens of people were injured and at least 32 were detained after scores of them streamed back to the site".
Police encircled us when we were walking to the park after the governor publicly opened it and invited all citizens to enjoy it, Ali Ozyurt, an executive member of the Istanbul Chamber of Physicians, said as he rode in a police vehicle. If it is a crime to go to a public park, the governor incited this crime, so is equally guilty.
The protests started from the demonstration against government's plan of demolishing Gezi Park in Taksim Square in central Istabul to build a shopping mall, and then spread to many different cities in Turkey. After that, the anger of the protests is no longer park's demolition but also the excess usage of police force as well as authoritative leadership of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Protests, which have been going on for weeks, make Gezi Park and Taksim Square well known to the world.
Source: FNOTW - Free News of the World and The NY Times
Article: FNOTW: Violence after reopening Gezi Park
During the protests since last month, Gezi Park, the initial cause of the protests, was closed to keep the park from the protestors. Istanbul governor announced the park would be reopen around noon on Monday.
However, quickly after that, the park became the unrest scene of clashes between the police and protestors. Police used tear gas canister, water canon to disperse the crowd. Police arrested some protestors, who refused to leave the park.
The New York Times reported that "dozens of people were injured and at least 32 were detained after scores of them streamed back to the site".
Police encircled us when we were walking to the park after the governor publicly opened it and invited all citizens to enjoy it, Ali Ozyurt, an executive member of the Istanbul Chamber of Physicians, said as he rode in a police vehicle. If it is a crime to go to a public park, the governor incited this crime, so is equally guilty.
The protests started from the demonstration against government's plan of demolishing Gezi Park in Taksim Square in central Istabul to build a shopping mall, and then spread to many different cities in Turkey. After that, the anger of the protests is no longer park's demolition but also the excess usage of police force as well as authoritative leadership of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Protests, which have been going on for weeks, make Gezi Park and Taksim Square well known to the world.
Source: FNOTW - Free News of the World and The NY Times
Article: FNOTW: Violence after reopening Gezi Park