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June 18, 2013

Turkey: Scores Arrested in Raids Targeting Protesters 
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Turkish news reports say 87 people have been arrested in a series of
raids targeting those suspected of participating in weeks of
anti-government protests. Turkey's interior minister said 62 people have
been arrested in Istanbul alone with more arrests in the capital Ankara.
Police earlier detained roughly a dozen demonstrators who defied a
government crackdown by remaining in Istanbul's Taksim Square, which has
been at the center of protests challenging Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip
Erdogan.

 

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