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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mehmet Guzel and Zeynep Bilginsoy

Women in Turkey brave ban on Istanbul march, get tear-gassed

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Women in Turkey braved an official ban on an International Women’s Day march in Istanbul, demonstrating for about two hours before police used tear gas to disperse remaining protestors and detained several people.

Thousands converged on a central neighborhood Wednesday for a protest that combined women's rights with the staggering toll of the deadly quake that hit Turkey and Syria a month ago.

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