Scores detained in Turkey police swoop

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Source: Al Jazeera

Police in Turkey have arrested 85 people following more than two weeks of anti-government protests.

Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said on Tuesday that 62 people had been detained in Istanbul, Turkey's biggest city, while 23 others had been arrested in the capital Ankara as a result of raids in several cities.

“The operations are against members of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party, who also attended the Gezi Park protests, as part of an investigation being conducted by prosecutors for more than a year,” Guler added.

Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra, reporting from Istanbul, said the detained people were accused of damaging public property and inciting violence.

Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/06/20136187192113371.html

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1. Guardian article about the "standing protests"

Turkey's 'standing people' protest spreads amid Erdoğan's crackdown