Police clear Istanbul's Gezi Park after Erdogan warning

Found on BBC News on Saturday, 15 June 2013
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Earlier, in a speech in Ankara, Mr Erdogan told tens of thousands of AK party supporters: "If Taksim Square is not evacuated, this country's security forces will know how to evacuate it."

Demonstrators have accused Mr Erdogan's government of becoming increasingly authoritarian and of trying to impose conservative Islamic values on a secular state.

It started like that too in other countries too. Egypt, Libya, Syria... Maybe Erdogan should keep that in mind when he thinks that using violence against the people is a good idea.