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TEAR GAS FROM POLICE.
DESCRIBE WHAT WAS GOING ON
THERE.
>> Reporter: WELL, WE WERE DOWN
IN GEZI PARK AND REMEMBER, THE
GOVERNMENT SAID IT WOULD NOT
ENTER THE PARK ITSELF AND WHILE
WE DID NOT SEE THE RIOT POLICE
GOING IN AND MOST CERTAINLY CAME
UNDER INCREDIBLY INTENSE FIRE
WITH THE TEAR GAS WATER CANNONS
AT ONE POINT, TOO, IT'S FAIRLY
DENSELY POPULATED SO WHEN THAT
HAPPENS THERE IS COMPLETE CHAOS.
SOME PEOPLE FAIRLY USED TO THIS,
TRYING TO CALM OTHERS DOWN.
THERE ARE PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND.
THEY WILL POUR THIS WHITE LICK
KID, IT'S ACTUALLY MIXED WITH
WATER INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES TO
EASE THE STING BUT THIS WENT ON
FOUR HOURS.
PEOPLE WERE INCREDIBLY ANGRY,
FRUSTRATED AND SAYING THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WAS EFFECTIVELY LYING
TO THEM BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY
DIDN'T PHYSICALLY ENTER THE
PARK, THEY MOST CERTAINLY WERE
FIRING TEAR GAS DIRECTLY INTO
IT.
WE ENDED UP HAVING TO RUN FROM
ONE SIDE OF THE PARK, CAME UNDER
TOO MUCH TEAR GAS TO ANOTHER.
SAME THING HAPPENED THERE.
EVENTUALLY ENDED UPTAKING COVER
INSIDE A HOTEL FOR A SHORT
PERIOD.
>> AND WE'VE GOT SOME FOOTAGE, I
THINK, OF YOU BEING DIRECTLY
ASSAULTED WITH THIS TEAR GAS.
LET'S WATCH A BIT OF THIS.
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW IN THE
VERY FRONT OF THE PARK, YOU CAN
SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP US OUT
BECAUSE OF THE TEAR GAS.
THE ENTIRE FRONT PART OF THE
PARK RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN CLEARED
OUT BECAUSE OF THE INTENSITY OF
WHAT WAS JUST FIRED IN AND THIS,
AGAIN, IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE HERE
WERE EXPECTING OF THEIR
GOVERNMENT PROMISED THEM THAT
THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAY IN
THIS POSITION.
>> VERY ALARMING FOR EVERYONE
INVOLVED IN THAT SITUATION.
NICK PATON WALSH, YOU'RE INTO
YOUR 20th HOUR I THINK OF
REPORTING THIS AND I'VE BEEN
WATCHING ALMOST ALL OF IT.
ON THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE ON BOTH
SIDES HERE, TELL ME FOR VIEWERS
TUNING IN WHO WERE WONDERING
WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON HERE
BECAUSE IT BEGAN AS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST OF A SMALL
PARK NOT FAR FROM WHERE YOU ARE
NOW AND EVOLVE INTO A MUCH
BIGGER DEAL.
TELL ME WHY THAT IS.
>> CERTAINLY THIS BEGAN TRYING
TO RESERVE THIS GREEN IN THE
VERY HEART OF ISTANBUL, THAT AND
MET WITH A PRETTY HARD POLICE
RESPONSE TO THAT PROTEST AND
WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST 12
DAY SOCIAL SES IS A RESPONSE TO
THE POLICE TACTICS, THE HEAVY
HAND THEY ARE USING TO COME INTO
THE STREETS AND THIS CAUSE THIS
PROTEST TO MULL TIP PLAY AND
PEOPLE TO JOIN THEM.
WHAT THEY SEE IS THE ED WAR
ADMINISTRATION, THE CREEPING
CONSERVE 'TIS M THEY HAVE
SERVE -- WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE
PREVALENCE OF SOCIETY.
SOME FEEL ARE BEING IMPOSED UPON
THEM.
SO IN THE CROWDS WE'VE SEEN
ACROSS THE COUNTRY SECULAR,