Ahad , 16 Jun 2013, 23:00 WIB

Turkish police crack down on revival of protests

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ISTANBUL - Thousands of defiant protesters attempting to converge on central Istanbul's Taksim Square on Sunday were kept away by police firing repeated rounds of tear gas, as...

Senin , 10 Jun 2013, 02:12 WIB

Tens of thousands on streets, Turkish PM Erdogan defiant

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told a rally of thousands of flag waving supporters on Sunday that his patience with anti-government protests had its limits, while tens of thousands flooded an Istanbul square demanding his resignation. The majority Muslim but constitutionally secular nation has been shaken by a week of its fiercest protests in decades, unrest which...