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Police fire tear gas as riot police spray water cannon at demonstrators who remained defiant after authorities evicted activists from an Istanbul park, making clear they are taking a hardline against attempts to rekindle protests that have shaken the country, near the city's main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 16, 2013. (AP Photo)

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A news cameraman (left) falls to the ground as Turkish riot police spray water cannon at demonstrators in the main Kizilay Square in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday, June 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans, silhouetted by the light of flares in Taksim square, in Istanbul, Turkey, late Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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** FILE ** Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers and supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo)

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Police hang a banner of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, next to a Turkish flag hung by protesters in a cultural center during a police operation to clear Taksim Square in Istanbul on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades and pushed many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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A man makes a heart shaped sign to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine to show support after his arrival in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, June 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A Turkish protester holds a shovel as demonstrators prepare a barricade before clashing with riot police stationed on John F. Kennedy Street in front of the U. S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, the capital, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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A Turkish woman argues with riot police officers and ask them to not use tear gas against protesters, saying "no more gas, please," at the main Kizilay Square near the office of Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Protests, the biggest Turkey has seen in recent years, were sparked by a police crackdown of a peaceful sit-in to prevent the demolition of a park in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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**FILE** Gen. Salim Idris, who defected from the Syrian army in July, speaks during an interview in Antakya, Turkey, on Dec. 18, 2012. (Associated Press)

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A young Turkish couple kiss to protest subway officials' harassment of a couple for kissing in public last week, at a subway stop in Ankara, Turkey, on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo)