Police Disperse Taksim Square Protesters With Tear Gas After Governor Warns Demonstrations Are Illegal

ANKARA, Turkey — Police in Istanbul are using tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters gathered at the city’s landmark Taksim Square with the intention of entering a park which has been cordoned off by police.

A few thousand people had converged on the square Saturday despite warnings from the city’s governor that the protest is illegal and police would break it up.

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