Turkish Police Crack Down on Protesters as Prime Minister Warns He's Out of Tolerance

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Reason Staff | 6.11.2013 11:40 AM

Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters from an Istanbul square on Tuesday as Turkish Prime MinisterRecepTayyipErdogan warned he would show "no more tolerance" for the unrelenting mass demonstrations against his Islamic-rooted government.

Hundreds of police stormed the city's Taksim Square, the epicentre of nearly two weeks of unrest, in the early morning and brought bulldozers to clear the makeshift barriers erected by demonstrators after police pulled out of the area on June 1.

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Turkish Police Crack Down on Protesters as Prime Minister Warns He's Out of Tolerance

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