Thousands gather around Istanbul square after police raid
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets and began building barricades on a main avenue to Istanbul's Taksim Square on Saturday after police firing tear gas raided an adjoining park to evict anti-government protesters, a Reuters witness said. Full story
Violence escalates between police, protesters in Turkey
Rachel Maddow reports on the latest news from Turkey where police again attacked protesters with tear gas and water cannons.
Violence in Turkey
NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports from Instanbul, Turkey, where police have been firing enormous amounts of tear gas to disperse crowds. People here are fighting over secularism, the nature of Turkish society, and the kind of soci...
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Police use tear gas against rioters in Turkey
Riot police in Ankara, Turkey, use tear gas and water cannons against a crowd of protesters supporting anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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