Turkish police fire tear gas at Istanbul protesters
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Riot police fire a tear gas bomb to disperse protesters at Harbiye near Taksim Square in Istanbul, on June 16, 2013. Turkish riot police fired tear gas and water cannon Saturday to disperse some 3,000 demonstrators who tried to enter flashpoint protest spot Taksim Square in Istanbul. (AFP/File)
Turkish riot police fired tear gas and water cannon Saturday to disperse some 3,000 demonstrators who tried to enter flashpoint protest spot Taksim Square in Istanbul.
The group had gathered on the Istiklal Avenue pedestrian way that leads to the square, the site of nearly three weeks of protests against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamic-rooted government that left four people dead and some 8,000 injured.