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Turkey anti-government protesters clash with police

2014-03-01 42 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A large crowd of anti-government protesters took to the streets in Turkish capital Ankara on Saturday (March 1) and clashed with police.<br/> <br />The protesters denounced the release of two ministers' sons and an Iranian gold dealer arrested as part of a corruption scandal on December 17.<br/> <br />With the latest releases, none of those originally detained two months ago is still being held.<br/> <br />The government has accused cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose followers wield influence in the police and judiciary, of concocting a graft scandal to compromise Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his government.<br/> <br />The scandal broke with police raids on December 17 but ties between the ex-allies have been tense for several years.

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