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| Turkey protests: Riot police enter Taksim Square | |
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| Turkish riot police have entered Istanbul's Taksim Square, where anti-government protesters have been staging demonstrations for close to two weeks. | |
| Hundreds of officers have been using tear gas and water cannon to disperse activists. | |
| The move comes after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to meet the protest organisers on Wednesday. | The move comes after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to meet the protest organisers on Wednesday. |
| The unrest was sparked by a police crackdown on a local protest over an Istanbul park. | The unrest was sparked by a police crackdown on a local protest over an Istanbul park. |
| The protests then widened, with demonstrators accusing Mr Erdogan's government of becoming increasingly authoritarian and trying to impose conservative Islamic values on a secular state. | |
| Backed by armoured vehicles, police wearing helmets and carrying shields gathered around the square early on Tuesday. | |
| They then began to move past barricades erected by protesters. | |
| The BBC's Mark Lowen, who is in the square, says it is a deliberate show of force. | |
| The demonstrations are now in their 12th day, with activists controlling much of Taksim Square. | |
| The unrest was sparked after police moved to suppress environmental protests over the redevelopment of Gezi Park, which is part of Taksim Square, on 31 May. | |
| More than 5,000 people have been injured and three people have died since the protests began. |