Turkish riot police firing tear gas and water cannons took less than half an hour on Saturday to bring to an end an 18-day occupation of an Istanbul park at the center of the strongest challenge to ...

ISTANBUL – Turkish riot police firing tear gas and water cannons took less than half an hour on Saturday to bring to an end an 18-day occupation of an Istanbul park at the center of the strongest ...

Turkish riot police have cleared protesters from Gezi park and Taksim Square in Istanbul. The move ends the 19-day occupation of the spaces. But as NPR's Peter Kenyon reports, protesters are saying ...

Turkish security members look on as they close the city’s landmark Taksim Square and Gezi Park on the first anniversary of 2013 protests. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) This is your first of three free ...

Taksim Square is flooded by tear gas as clashes between protesters and riot police continue into the night in Istanbul Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades ...

Anyone can drive fast in a straight line. It’s the corners that matter, and Turn 8 at Istanbul Park is among the best. Oh sure, the famed Eau Rouge at Spa-Francorchamps is widely considered the best ...

ISTANBUL — Turkish protesters defied government calls to leave an Istanbul park on Saturday after more than two weeks of occupation, despite a promise by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to hold a vote ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Riot police used tear gas and pressurized water in a dawn raid Friday to roust a peaceful sit-in by hundreds of people trying to prevent the uprooting of trees at an Istanbul park.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ISTANBUL — Turkish riot police firing tear gas and water cannons took less than half an hour Saturday to bring to an end an 18-day occupation of an Istanbul ...

Turkish authorities reopened Gezi Park in Istanbul on Monday for the first time since a crackdown on protesters last month and soon closed it again, pushing demonstrators to the streets. Riot police ...