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Wide of protesters running away on Istiklal Street as riot police advance, water cannon and smoke can be seen in background2. Wide of riot police in...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003ePolice fire tear gas as protesters regroup on Taksim Square\u003cbr/\u003eIstanbul - 6 July 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of protesters running away on Istiklal Street as riot police advance, water cannon and smoke can be seen in background\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of riot police in helmets and with shields advancing\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of police +firing tear gas canister+\u003cbr/\u003eUPDATE Park at centre of protests closed after short reopening\u003cbr/\u003eIstanbul - 8 July 2013\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of protestors entering Gezi Park chanting: (Turkish) \"Everywhere is Taksim (square), everywhere is resistance\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of protestors entering park chanting: (Turkish) \"This is just the start. Keep fighting\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of the playground inside park\u003cbr/\u003ePolice crack down on protesters as park at centre of unrest closed again\u003cbr/\u003eIstanbul - 8 July 2013\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of protesters gathered in Gezi Park\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of police at junction of streets\u003cbr/\u003e9. Police proceeding up street as missiles are thrown at them, including live tear gas canister\u003cbr/\u003ePolice clash with protesters, after funeral of man allegedly struck by gas canister\u003cbr/\u003eHatay - 10 Sept 2013\u003cbr/\u003e10. Protesters launching what appear to be fireworks in the direction of police\u003cbr/\u003e11. Fireworks landing near line of police equipped with armoured vehicles, zoom in to police firing tear gas\u003cbr/\u003eFormer military chief sentenced to life in prison for trying to overthrow government, reax, clashes\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Sirnak - 16 October 2007\u003cbr/\u003e12. Pan of commander of Turkish army, General Ilker Basbug, walking past cameras\u003cbr/\u003e13. Basbug exiting building\u003cbr/\u003e14. Basbug shaking hands with officials and getting into car\u003cbr/\u003eOn July 6th 2013 Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters trying to enter a cordoned-off park near Istanbul's landmark Taksim Square, hours after the city's governor warned the demonstration was illegal.\u003cbr/\u003eSome protesters argued with police over their rights to enter Gezi park before officers in riot gear pushed protesters away from the square. \u003cbr/\u003eThey then chased protesters down two main streets off Taksim, again firing tear gas and water cannon. \u003cbr/\u003eAn Associated Press journalist saw a dozen protesters being detained.\u003cbr/\u003eA few thousand people had converged on Taksim Square, with the aim of entering Gezi Park, whose redevelopment plans sparked anger and morphed into nationwide anti-government protests in June. \u003cbr/\u003eOrganisers had planned to serve notice to authorities of a court decision that has annulled redevelopment plans for Taksim and break through police cordons.\u003cbr/\u003eThe park has been sealed off since June 15, when police routed environmentalists who occupied it amid around three weeks of widespread demonstrations against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. \u003cbr/\u003eHis opponents say he has become increasingly authoritarian since coming to power a decade ago - charges the government rejects.\u003cbr/\u003eThe nationwide protests have largely dwindled although thousands of demonstrators have been gathering at Taksim every Saturday for the past three weeks - mostly demanding justice for a protester who was killed by police - before police intervened.\u003cbr/\u003eEarlier in the day, police also dispersed a small group of demonstrators who squirted water at each other at the square, in a passive form of protest to poke fun\u003cbr/\u003eat police's abundant use of water cannons throughout the anti-government protests. \u003cbr/\u003ePolice shoved the protesters off Taksim using their shields.\u003cbr/\u003eAn Istanbul court in June ruled against the redevelopment plans that included building a replica Ottoman-era barracks at Gezi. \u003cbr/\u003eThe court's decision, however, is not final and is expected to be appealed at a higher administrative court.\u003cbr/\u003eIstanbul's governor had warned that any protest aimed at entering Gezi was unauthorised and said police would intervene. \u003cbr/\u003eHe also said authorities planned to reopen the park July 7th or 8th.\u003cbr/\u003eAn Istanbul park that was at the centre of weeks of anti-government demonstrations opened for a few hours on July 8th until Turkish authorities had a change of heart, closing it down again in an apparent bid to avoid confrontations with protesters who had planned a rally.\u003cbr/\u003eEarlier, right after opening of Gezi park for those few hours, about 100 people marched into the park, which has become the symbol of resistance since nationwide anti-government protests gripped the country last month. \u003cbr/\u003eIstanbul's governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu reopened the park to the public, but warned he would not allow it to become a point for more demonstrations or occupation..\u003cbr/\u003e\"Those who want to protest, as I have said before, if they (protestors) apply to us for permission, I will make sure that they are able to exercise their right to protest, to rally, as per law,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"But without an application to the governorship, if a group of people (protestors) put themselves in a public space and say, 'Gezi Park does not belong to anyone but to us, it does not belong to the people, it belongs to us' we won't allow that to happen,\" he continued.\u003cbr/\u003eSome three hours later, police asked the public to vacate the park and barred new visitors from entering it.\u003cbr/\u003eGezi had been cordoned off since June 15th, when police routed thousands of environmentalists who occupied it amid widespread protests against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.\u003cbr/\u003eThe demonstrations were sparked by government plans to redevelop the park with replica Ottoman-era military barracks.\u003cbr/\u003eProtesters had planned to return to the park to hold a \"forum\" for discussions on Turkey's future and on protests.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Mutlu warned the park was no place \"for forums, occupation or marches\" and said new protests at the park would not be tolerated.\u003cbr/\u003eThe park is one of a few green areas in the centre of Istanbul.\u003cbr/\u003eHundreds of demonstrators clashed with police in southern Turkey on September 10th, following the funeral of a 22-year-old protester who died after allegedly being hit on the head by a police tear gas canister.\u003cbr/\u003eA group of protesters in Hatay, launched fireworks at security forces which prompted retaliation with tear gas and water cannon. \u003cbr/\u003eTurkey's state-run Anadolu Agency said Ahmet Atakan died after taking part in a protest in the southern city of Antalya late on September 9th. \u003cbr/\u003ePolice issued a statement on Tuesday denying any responsibility, saying instead that Atakan fell and that there was no police intervention.\u003cbr/\u003eMonday protest was organised to show solidarity with students opposed to the construction of a road through a university in Ankara.\u003cbr/\u003eAtakan is the sixth anti-government protester killed in Turkey in recent months. \u003cbr/\u003eA police crackdown on a sit-in to protect an Istanbul park ignited nationwide protests in June that turned into an expression of discontent with what opponents say is the government's increasingly authoritarian style\u003cbr/\u003eA court in Silivri on August 5th convicted Turkey's former military chief of trying to overthrow the government and sentenced him to life in prison.\u003cbr/\u003eRetired General Ilker Basbug was the most prominent defendant among some 250 people facing verdicts in a landmark trial regarding a coup plot that allegedly was hatched soon after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government came to power in 2002.\u003cbr/\u003eAt least 16 other defendants were sentenced on Monday to life in prison, including 10 retired military officers, while 60 other defendants received sentences ranging from a year to 47 years, according to state-run TRT television news. \u003cbr/\u003eAt least 21 people were acquitted.\u003cbr/\u003eThe verdicts, which were delivered at the High Criminal Court in Silivri, around 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Istanbul, capped a five-year trial that has generated tension between the country's secular elite and Erdogan's Islamist-oriented Justice and Development Party.\u003cbr/\u003eThe defendants were accused of plotting high-profile attacks that prosecutors said were aimed at sowing chaos in Turkey to prepare the way for a military coup. \u003cbr/\u003eThe prosecutions already have helped Erdogan's government reshape Turkey's military and assert 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