Turkey Park Protests

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  After Failed Coup, Tayyip Erdogan Vows To Build Barracks In Central Istanbul

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed today to revive plans for an Istanbul park that sparked anti-government protests in 2013, saying a failed coup bid would not stop a series of building projects, risking further polarisation in the country.

• Turkish protesters break Ramadan fast as police stand by

  Turkish police allowed thousands of protesters who have been trying to block the redevelopment of a park in Istanbul to break their Ramadan fast on Tuesday before resuming efforts to get them to leave the area.

• Turkish police fire water cannon to prevent park protest

  Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon on Monday at protesters who tried to defy a closure order and enter an Istanbul park at the centre of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government.

• Turkey reopens Istanbul park at heart of protests

  Turkey reopened an Istanbul park at the heart of last month's demonstrations against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and protest leaders called a rally there for Monday evening in defiance of the city governor.

• Turkey warns it may use army to end Istanbul protests

  Turkey warned on Monday it may bring in the army to help quell nearly three weeks of nationwide anti-government protests as two major union federations went on strike over police violence against demonstrators.

• Turkey police storm protest park in Istanbul after PM Recep Erdogan's ultimatum

  Turkish police stormed an Istanbul park with tear gas and water cannon yesterday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters to end their occupation of the site.

• Turkey protesters refuse to leave Istanbul park: statement

  Turkish protesters on Saturday refused to evacuate an Istanbul park despite a concession by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to halt the site's redevelopment, in a potential escalation of two weeks of anti-government unrest.

• Turkey protesters refuse to leave Istanbul park despite assurances

  Turkish protesters said on Saturday they would not leave an Istanbul park despite a call from the president for them to withdraw and a pledge from Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to hold a vote on plans to redevelop the site.

• Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan makes conciliatory move to end protests

  Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told protesters on Friday he would put redevelopment plans for an Istanbul park on hold until a court rules on them, striking a more conciliatory tone after two weeks of fierce anti-government demonstrations.

• Turkey's PM Recep Erdogan meets protesters, no clear resolution to end crisis

  A meeting between Turkey's prime minister and representatives of anti-government protesters ended early today without a clear resolution on how to end the occupation of a central Istanbul park that has become a flashpoint for the largest political crisis of his 10-year rule.

• Turkey protesters reject 'last warning' to evacuate park

  Turkish protesters said on Thursday they would remain in Istanbul's Gezi Park despite a "last warning" by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to evacuate the green patch at the centre of deadly anti-government unrest.

• 'Last warning' for protesters to leave Istanbul park: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday issued a "last warning" for thousands of protesters to evacuate an Istanbul park at the centre of mass anti-government unrest after offering to hold a referendum on plans to redevelop the site.

• Turkey's Prime Minster Recep Erdogan to meet Taksim Square protesters

  Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to meet with a group of activists protesting over re-development of an Istanbul park that has sparked the country's biggest anti-government protests in decades.

• Turkey's riot police enter Istanbul's Taksim Square to tackle protesters

  Hundreds of Turkish riot police entered Istanbul's Taksim Square today, firing water cannon and teargas to scatter small numbers of protesters involved in demonstrations against plans to redevelop a park there, a Reuters witness said.

• Young, urban women: the face of Turkey's protest movement

  They are young, urban and well-educated, and for the past week they have been sleeping in an Istanbul park: meet the women on the frontline of Turkey's mass anti-government protests.