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US rebukes Turkey over Taksim Square crackdown

AFP – The United States issued a rare rebuke Friday to its ally Turkey over its crackdown on environmentalists in Istanbul angry at plans to raze a park across from the city’s Taksim Square. “We are concerned about the number of people who were injured when police dispersed protesters in Istanbul’s Gezi Park.