RussiaToday-Video-News:Caught on camera: Turkey water cannon truck nearly runs over protesters

Turkish police fired tear gas at demonstrators before retreating from Taksim Square in Istanbul on Saturday. In Ankara, a police vehicle hit two demonstrators who were crouched in the middle of the street, barricading themselves behind rubbish bins.

At least two people have been killed and more than a thousand people have been injured in Turkey in protests and fierce clashes with police that have continued for several days now. Almost a thousand have been arrested. What started as a peaceful sit-in against plans to revamp a park in central Istanbul has spiraled into a nationwide display of anger against the government. RT's Irina Galushko reports from Istanbul.


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Turkey's Prime Minister - Recep Tayyip Erdogan - has acknowledged excessive force against protesters at Taksim Square. Professor Mark Almond, an International Relations expert for Ankara's Bilkent University, says Prime Minister Erdogan might see a repeat of what happened to leaders ousted by the Arab Spring.


Despite the authorities decision to allow thousands to flood onto the square, the main subway gateway to Taksim, the central station in the city's metro network, has reportedly been shut down in an effort to keep more people from reaching the ongoing protests