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Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Members of the Chamber of Architects and Engineers (TMMOB), of whom many were among the most active leaders of the Taksim Solidarity Platform that initiated the protests over the demolition of Gezi Park in Istanbul, as well as many protesters, had joined a demonstration in Galatasaray Square that started at 5:30 p.m. AA photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
The protesters denounced a midnight bill adopted this week by the Parliament which curbed TMMOB's supervision in all urban projects, giving full authority to the Environment and Urban Planning Ministry. AA photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
However, police did not allow the group to walk to Taksim Square after the Governor’s Office refused to grant permission. Police demanded the protesters to end the demonstration after the statement, warning them that a dispersion by force would be carried out against them if they failed to do so.
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
As during the previous Saturdays, the crackdown lasted for more hours until the early hours of Sunday. REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Meanwhile, a group of baton-wielding shop owners appeared and attacked protesters running from the police. They also threatened reporters, trying to prevent them in vain from filming and taking their pictures. Tayyip Erdogan moved toward nearby Taksim Square. AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
A shop owner wields a stick on July 13, 2013 to disperse protesters on Sadri Alışıkk street off Istiklal Avenue in the center of Istanbul. AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
A riot police officer fires tear gas against demonstrators on İstiklal Avenue REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Many shop owners gathered on the street with their batons. AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Reporters said that they had been the targets of the baton-wielding shop owners. AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Last week a shop owner wielding a manchete made the headlines causing a major outrage in the country. AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
A demonstrator tries to destroy a CCTV security camera on İstiklal Street. REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Live footage showed riot police using tear gas in the side streets, while reports said that they also fired rubber bullets to protesters. REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Most of the protesters dispersed while the police chased them into the side streets, cutting off some of the pedestrian entrances to the İstiklal Avenue. After scattering, some of the protesters started to regroup on the İstiklal Avenue. Water cannon trucks and panzers were also dispatched to the area. AA phot
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
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Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
A demonstrator on a wheelchair blocks an armoured police vehicle on İstiklal Stree. REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
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Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
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Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
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Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
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Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AA photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Police also detained protesters, including art scholar Osman Erden. Erden was seen bleeding from the mouth while he was taken into custody. AA photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AA photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
People watch from windows on İstiklal Avenue during police's crackdown.
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
Demonstrators shout slogans as they clash with riot police at Istiklal Street in central Istanbul July 13, 2013. Turkish police fired water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered to march to Gezi Park, which has been at the heart of fierce unrest against Prime Minister Erdogan's rule. Protesters scattered, running into sidestreets where police pursued them, before starting to regroup on Istiklal Street, metres from the main Taksim Square. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
REUTERS photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
AFP photo
Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
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Baton-wielding shop owners threaten reporters as police quell chambers' protest
A shop owner defiantly threatens protesters and reporters wielding a stick. AFP photo
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