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Activists Present List of Demands in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey — Activists on Wednesday presented a list of demands they said could end days of anti-government demonstrations that have engulfed Turkey, as police detained 25 people they accused of using social media to stoke the outpouring of anger.
In a move to defuse the tension, the deputy prime minister met with the group whose attempt to prevent authorities from ripping up trees in Istanbul’s landmark Taksim Square has snowballed into nationwide protests against what demonstrators see as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian rule.
Turkey’s cities have been clouded in tear gas, and hundreds of people have been injured in five days of demonstrations. A human rights group says more than 3,300 people were detained in the demonstrations, although most have been released.
The activist group denounced Erdogan’s “vexing” style and urged the government to halt Taksim Square redevelopment plans, ban the use of tear gas by police, the immediate release of all detained protesters and the lifting of restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly.
It also demanded that officials — including governors and senior police officials — responsible for the violent crackdown on the protests be removed from office
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/06/…=news&_r=0
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