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EU High Representative
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act with restraint after incidents in Taksim Gezi Park
Ankara (AA) - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on Sunday called on all sides to act with restraint after the incidents in Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park.
In a statement made, Ashton's spokesperson said that they were concerned about Turkish police using "excessive force" at Taksim.
We call on all sides to end violence and keep channels of dialogue open to find a peaceful solution, the statement also said.
Catherine Ashton wished speedy recovery to all those injured at the Taksim Gezi Park incidents.
-Protests in Taksim Square have subsided and a clean up started in Turkey's Istanbul-
Demonstrations in Taksim Square which started on Friday to protest the demoliton of Taksim Gezi Park and uprooting of trees have subsided and a clean up started in Turkey's Istanbul.
Municipal workers began cleaning the streets where flagstones and traffic signs were removed over the past two nights.
In the protests in central Ankara,Turkish capital 16 buses were destroyed and 6 cars which belong to the municipality were set on fire, bus stops and advertising boards were also damaged.
The protests initially started as a sit-in at the Taksim Gezi Park to protest the demolition but turned into big clashes after police crackdown and heavy use of tear gas and water cannon.
90 protests were held in 48 separate provinces and 936 people were arrested. Some of those arrested were released, while others will be put on trial.
Turkish police withdrew from Taksim Gezi Park early Sunday morning.
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/189067--eus-ashton-calls-for-restraint-following-incidents-at-taksim-gezi-park
2/6/13
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In a statement made, Ashton's spokesperson said that they were concerned about Turkish police using "excessive force" at Taksim.
We call on all sides to end violence and keep channels of dialogue open to find a peaceful solution, the statement also said.
Catherine Ashton wished speedy recovery to all those injured at the Taksim Gezi Park incidents.
-Protests in Taksim Square have subsided and a clean up started in Turkey's Istanbul-
Demonstrations in Taksim Square which started on Friday to protest the demoliton of Taksim Gezi Park and uprooting of trees have subsided and a clean up started in Turkey's Istanbul.
Municipal workers began cleaning the streets where flagstones and traffic signs were removed over the past two nights.
In the protests in central Ankara,Turkish capital 16 buses were destroyed and 6 cars which belong to the municipality were set on fire, bus stops and advertising boards were also damaged.
The protests initially started as a sit-in at the Taksim Gezi Park to protest the demolition but turned into big clashes after police crackdown and heavy use of tear gas and water cannon.
90 protests were held in 48 separate provinces and 936 people were arrested. Some of those arrested were released, while others will be put on trial.
Turkish police withdrew from Taksim Gezi Park early Sunday morning.
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/189067--eus-ashton-calls-for-restraint-following-incidents-at-taksim-gezi-park
2/6/13
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EU's Ashton Condemns Disproportionate Use of Force in Turkey....
ReplyDeleteBRUSSELS, June 2 (RIA Novosti)
– The EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has condemned the disproportionate use of force by police against protesters in Turkey and expressed “deep concern” over the violence.
"[Ashton] hopes for a speedy recovery of all those injured, and calls for restraint on all sides and an end to the violence. Dialogue should be opened to find a peaceful solution to this issue,” a spokesperson for Catherine Ashton said in a statement.
Almost a thousand of people were detained and 79 injured in Turkey when police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse nationwide anti-government protests against the planned demolition of Gezi Park in Istanbul.
The controversial project is aimed at easing congestion around Taksim Square but also involves rebuilding old Ottoman barracks and creating a shopping mall in the park, one of the few green areas left in central Istanbul.
The rally in Istanbul triggered more than 90 separate protests in 48 out of the country’s 81 provinces. Unrest still continues in Ankara, Izmir and other Turkish cities.
According to the Hurriyet daily, about 20,000 people took to the streets in Ankara, protesting against the government’s policies and demanding resignation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Troops were deployed to keep protestors away from the premier’s residence. Turkish police again used tear gas to disperse the crowds on Sunday, on the sixth day of riots, media reports said.
Erdogan admitted on Saturday that the use of tear gas by police at the protest against the demolition of Gezi Park was a mistake, but said there will be no step back from the project.
The use of tear gas in Turkey has been also condemned by Amnesty International that said it “breaches international human rights standards” and “constitutes a serious danger to health.”
http://en.rian.ru/world/20130602/181472949/EUs-Ashton-Condemns-Disproportionate-Use-of-Force-in-Turkey.html
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ReplyDeleteThe European Union was at fault in supporting Gezi Park protests, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said June 7, accusing “a certain part of those at the Gezi protests” of wanting to hamper the ongoing Kurdish peace process.
Speaking at the Ministry of European Affairs’ Istanbul conference with a large group of foreign guests, Erdoğan also argued that union members were discriminating against Turkey, and Turkish people within their borders, regarding the country’s accession process to the EU.
“Why is Turkey, despite all these improvements, forced to face obstacles put by the union? Why are standards being invented for Turkey, which have not been enforced on candidate countries ever before? The EU forgets every promise, every signature under every promise. Well, Turkey is not a country that can be forgotten, or kept waiting at the door,” Erdoğan said.
He said nearly all the European leaders had been replaced over the course of time, leaving only him, adding that the hopes of the Turkish nation for accession had weakened substantially.
Turkey has done all it has to do with regards to reforms, reaching a level “not only capable of fulfilling the requirements of opening chapters, but also of closing them,” Erdoğan said.
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