STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 11 June 2013

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6. MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE BOSPHORUS: Turkey Clashes Persist as Erdogan Predicts Early End to Protest

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-02/erdogan-reviled-as-autocrat-in-protests-clouding-presidency-bid.html

Turkish demonstrators clashed with police last night JUNE 3 and a second protester was killed, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan predicted an early end to the unrest while the U.S. urged police restraint. A 22-year-old man was shot dead by unidentified gunmen during an anti-government rally in the southern province of Hatay, local Governor Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz said. One person had been killed in Istanbul on June 2 when a car drove into a crowd of protesters. Hundreds of people remained on the streets of Istanbul and the capital Ankara overnight, battling police who fired tear gas, and there were clashes in other cities.

Erdogan told reporters in Morocco, where he arrived yesterday at the start of a visit to North Africa, that the rallies will end within a day or two and were organized by people unable to defeat him in elections. Before leaving, he blamed the unrest on “extreme elements” working together with the main opposition party, and said Turkey’s democracy means the protests can’t be compared with the Arab Spring.

In Istanbul, thousands gathered again late yesterday in Taksim Square. Plans for the redevelopment of a park there sparked the rallies that have escalated nationwide since May 31 into the fiercest anti-government protests in years, and broadened to target what the demonstrators say is the Islamist-rooted Erdogan’s autocratic style. Their grievances include alleged police brutality, curbs on alcohol sales and restrictions on labor unions...

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