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geefloyd46

(1,939 posts) Mon Jun 3, 2013, 05:55 AM Jun 2013

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Thousands take part in protests across Turkey

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Thousands take part in protests across Turkey (Original Post) geefloyd46 Jun 2013 OP

200 demonstrations in 67 cities across Turkey on Sunday. midnight Jun 2013 #1

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1. 200 demonstrations in 67 cities across Turkey on Sunday.

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Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:26 AM

Jun 2013

One of the demands is for the prime minister Erdogan to stand down after being in power for ten years...

"Turkey’s Public Workers Unions Confederation, which represents 240,000 members, said on Monday it would hold a “warning strike” on 4 and 5 June against the government’s response to the protests."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-riots-latest-erdogan-blames-extremists-for-nationwide-riots-as-protester-22-is-killed-near-syrian-border-8641777.html

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