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TAKSIM.
HE SAID THEY'LL BE ALLOWED --
>> CHRISTIANE, HOLD ON FOR A
SECOND.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S MAJOR
ACTIVITY GOING ON WITH POLICE.
LET ME BRING BACK NICK PATON
WALSH FOR A MOMENT.
NICK, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW?
>> Reporter: WOLF, I'M HOLDING
MY TEAR MASK IN MY HAND.
WE'VE SEEN AN ARMORED POLICE
VEHICLE MOVING DOWN THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE OF GEZI PARK, AN
AREA BLOCKED OFF BY PROTESTER
BARRICADES, BEHIND WHICH THEY'VE
BEEN AMASSING ABOUT TEN SECONDS
AGO, A MINUTE, A MASSIVE VOLLEY
OF TEAR GAS FROM THE POLICE IN
THAT DIRECTION.
AND NOW ONE, TWO, THREE, I'M
GOING TO PUT THIS GAS MASK ON,
I'M AFRAID.
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VEHICLES
HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION.
IT IS CLEAR THE POLICE WANT TO
MOVE DOWN TOWARDS THAT
BARRICADE.
IT IS THE LAST REMAINING
STRONGHOLD OF PROTESTS OUTSIDE
OF GEZI PARK ITSELF AT THAT WE
CAN ACTUALLY SEE.
AND WHEN THAT TEAR GAS IS FIRED,
IT DOES WAFT ACROSS THE SQUARE
TOWARDS US.
FORGIVE THE DIFFICULTY YOU MAY
BE HAVING HEARING ME HERE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE FIRST WE'VE
SEEN IN ABOUT AN HOUR ON A
CONCERTED EFFORT BY THE POLICE
TO ADVANCE TOWARDS PROTESTERS'
POSITIONS.
A WATER CANNON IS NOW BEING USED
BY THE POLICE TO PUSH BACK
PROTESTERS AND THERE HAS OF
COURSE BEEN A FIRE BURNING THERE
FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, WOLF.
BUT YET AGAIN THIS TACTIC OF
SURGING TOWARD PROTESTERS, AND
THEN WE HAVE TO ASK ARE THEY
GOING TO TRY AND HOLD THAT
PARTICULAR ROAD?
DO THEY HAVE A STRATEGY TO REIT
AND CONTROL?
OR WILL THEY MOVE BACK AND
FINALLY SEE PROTESTERS TAKE
THEIR AREA AGAIN?