Police block Istanbul's Gezi Park as peace protests erupt

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Source: AFP

Turkish police Sunday blocked the entrance to Istanbul's Gezi Park, the epicentre of anti-government protests in June, to prevent a demonstration against a possible military intervention in Syria.

Riot police advanced with shields but held back from using tear gas or water cannon against about 1,000 activists who instead formed a human chain on the city's celebrated Istiklal Avenue, according to an AFP photographer who witnessed the scene.

"United States, killers, stay out of Syria," shouted protesters, who are firmly opposed to Ankara's support for proposed US-led air strikes against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.

Smaller human chains were formed in neighbourhoods across Istanbul, with many protests organised by the same groups who had occupied the park to fight against its commercial development.

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2. Best of luck to those protesters

They are right in opposing their radical religious extremist government. The only reason the Muslim Brotherhood Turkish government wants intervention against Syria is because they want those pesky Alawites and Christians out of their way.