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Turkey: Erdogan revisits controversial Gezi Park plans
Source: BBC
[font size=1]Gezi Park - one of Istanbul's rare central green spaces[/font]
Turkey: Erdogan revisits controversial Gezi Park plans
18 June 2016 Europe
Turkey's president has signalled that he intends to revive plans to redevelop a central Istanbul park which sparked large anti-government protests in 2013.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Gezi Park was an issue "where we need to be courageous".
Plans envisaged rebuilding an old barracks and erecting other structures on the rare central green space.
Several people were killed and thousands injured in the protests which began in May 2013.
What started as demonstrations against urban redevelopment turned into a wider expression of anger against the policies of the government under Mr Erdogan, the then prime minister.
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18 June 2016 Europe
Turkey's president has signalled that he intends to revive plans to redevelop a central Istanbul park which sparked large anti-government protests in 2013.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Gezi Park was an issue "where we need to be courageous".
Plans envisaged rebuilding an old barracks and erecting other structures on the rare central green space.
Several people were killed and thousands injured in the protests which began in May 2013.
What started as demonstrations against urban redevelopment turned into a wider expression of anger against the policies of the government under Mr Erdogan, the then prime minister.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36567872
