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Turkish EU minister: protesters will be treated as terrorists


Turkish police used extreme force to eject the protesters from Taksim Square yesterday. Egemen Bağış, Turkey’s representative in the EU, gave a televised address in which he said, “[The police] will intervene against anybody who tries to enter Taksim Square, [treating them] as a terrorist.”

Everyone who enters Taksim Square will be treated as a terrorist: Turkish EU Minister

(via Reddit)

(Image: “People crossing Bosphprous Bridge (normally closed to pedesterians) headed for Taksim square”
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