Sedat Suna / EPA
Turkish
riot police use water cannon to disperse protesters during an
anti-government protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, July 6,
2013.
The Taksim Solidarity Platform, combining an array of political groups, had called a march to enter the sealed off Gezi park, but the governor of Istanbul warned that any such gathering would be confronted by the police.
Riot police chased protesters into side streets in what appeared to be the biggest police intervention since the mid-June protests and riots that saw Taksim Square sealed off by makeshift barriers.
"We are here today to claim our park back. It was supposed to be open tonight. They (authorities) called us occupiers, but the park has been occupied by the state for weeks now," said 41-year-old web designer Asim Elci.
Protesters chanted "Together against fascism" and "Everywhere is resistance."
Witnesses said that police detained a few protesters, but many remained in side streets in the Taksim area at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, including youths and women, some in gas masks.
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