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Turkish protests: AKP offices set alight Turkish protests: AKP offices set alight
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Turkish protesters clashed with riot police into the early hours of Monday with some setting fire to offices of the ruling AKP as the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years entered their fourth day. Turkish protesters have clashed with riot police, with some setting fire to offices of the ruling AKP as the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years entered their fourth day.
Turkey's streets were calm in the morning after a night of noisy protests and violence in major cities.Turkey's streets were calm in the morning after a night of noisy protests and violence in major cities.
In the western port city of Izmir, protesters threw fire bombs at AKP offices overnight and television footage showed part of the building ablaze. Firefighters put out the fire, the Dogan news agency reported.In the western port city of Izmir, protesters threw fire bombs at AKP offices overnight and television footage showed part of the building ablaze. Firefighters put out the fire, the Dogan news agency reported.
Protesters had ripped up bus shelters, paving stones and street signs to make barricades which littered a major avenue by the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul where some of the heaviest clashes took place overnight. Protesters had ripped up bus shelters, paving stones and street signs to make barricades, which littered a major avenue by the Bosphorus in Istanbul where some of the heaviest clashes took place overnight.
Roads around Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office in Istanbul were sealed off as police fired teargas to push back protesters in the early hours of Monday. Roads around the office of the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were sealed off as police fired teargas to push back protesters in the early hours of Monday.
In the main street near Erdogan's office, one demonstrator drove a small mechanical digger towards police lines as other protesters followed behind. At a nearby mosque, medical staff including trainee doctors treated those hurt in the clashes.In the main street near Erdogan's office, one demonstrator drove a small mechanical digger towards police lines as other protesters followed behind. At a nearby mosque, medical staff including trainee doctors treated those hurt in the clashes.
Police raided a shopping complex in the centre of the capital Ankara where they believed demonstrators were sheltering and detained several hundred people. Police raided a shopping complex in the centre of the capital, Ankara, where they believed demonstrators were sheltering, and detained several hundred people.
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