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PHOTO GALLERY: Turkish police teargas anti-govt protesters




Man runs as riot police use tear gas and pressurized water to quash a peaceful demonstration by hundreds of people staging a sit-in protest to try and prevent the demolition of trees at an Istanbul AP

Riot police use tear gas and pressurized water to disperse protesters staging a sit-in protest to try and prevent the demolition of trees at an Istanbul park AP

Turkish riot policeman uses tear gas as a demonstrator holds a banner which reads, "Chemical Tayyip" Reuters

Protesters react as riot police use tear gas and pressurized water to quash a peaceful demonstration by people staging a sit-in protest to try and prevent the demolition of trees at an Istanbul AP

man seen wearing a make-shift gas-mask hours before riot police use tear gas and pressurized water to quash a peaceful demonstration by hundreds of people staging a sit-in protest to try and prevent the demolition of trees at an Istanbul

demonstrator reacts as riot police use water cannon to disperse the crowd during a protest against the destruction of trees in a park brought about by a pedestrian project, in Taksim Square in central Istanbul Reuters

demonstrator covers her face as riot police use tear gas to disperse the crowd during a protest against the destruction of trees in a park Reuters

Man falls as riot police use tear gas and pressurized water to quash a peaceful demonstration by hundreds of people staging a sit-in protest to try and prevent the demolition of trees at an Istanbul park AP

Turkish riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the destruction of trees in a park brought about by a pedestrian project Reuters