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Riot Police Push Back Protesters With Tear Gas in Turkey

<p>Riot police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators as they tried to march to the Turkish Parliament.</p>
Image: Riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators as they try to march to the Turkish Parliament during a protest in Ankara
Riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators as they try to march to the Turkish Parliament during a protest against Turkey's ruling Ak Party (AKP) government in Ankara Feb. 26. UMIT BEKTAS / Reuters

Riot police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators as they tried to march to the Turkish Parliament during a protest against the ruling Ak Party in Ankara on Wednesday. The protest came after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused political enemies of faking a recording of a phone conversation suggesting he had warned his son to hide large sums of money amid an ongoing corruption operation.