from imc-uk, 7 October 2009: "Turkish police and transnational and local protesters clashed in Taksim Square and surrounding neighbourhoods in central Istanbul today.

Nearly 6,000 people gathered starting at 10 a.m. in Istanbul's Taksim Square, including members and representatives of public unions and civil society organizations including the Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Unions (DISK), the Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (KESK), the Turkish Doctors Union (TTB) and the Turkish Union of Engineers and Architects' Chambers (TMMOB)...  more