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Bosonic

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Mon Jun 3, 2013, 08:35 PM Jun 2013

Turkey protests: Union to start two-day strike

Source: BBC

Public sector workers in Turkey are set to start a two-day strike to support the continuing anti-government protests in a number of cities.

The left-wing Kesk trade union confederation, representing some 240,000 workers, accused the government of committing "state terror".

Protests and clashes with police continued into the night on Monday.

A second death in the protests has been confirmed by the governor's office in the southern city of Antakya.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22762391

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