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Turkish police fire tear gas, water cannon at #OccupyGezi protesters; tourists among injured [photos, video]

A demonstration in a park in Istanbul, Turkey, escalated quickly as police moved in to clear out the protesters.

Reuters reports that tourists are among the hundred-plus injured:

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Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon on Friday at protesters occupying a park in central Istanbul, wounding scores including tourists in the harshest crackdown so far on days of anti-government unrest.

The protest at Gezi Park started late on Monday after developers tore up trees but has widened into a broader demonstration against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Friday’s violence erupted after a dawn police raid on demonstrators who had camped for days in the park in anger at plans to build a shopping mall. Clouds of tear gas rose around the area in Taksim Square, long a venue for political protest.

Twitter users are passing along pictures:


https://twitter.com/sarhosadam/status/340472526213885952
https://twitter.com/_ozan_cetin/status/340499280362086401


https://twitter.com/constantnatalie/status/340510739158671360

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https://twitter.com/SodaLemonSalt/status/340518389556600833


https://twitter.com/alisteaparty/status/340424986101698560


https://twitter.com/sarhosadam/status/340466344711581696

Why, yes it did.

Video of one protester finding out the hard way that water cannons pack a wallop:

This particular revolution is apparently not being televised locally:

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