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Turkish dailies covered on Wednesday renewed Taksim Gezi Park demonstrations after a police intervention in the square to clean the area of banners, which subsequently led to protesters' reaction and a resurge of violence ahead of planned talks between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and protester representatives on Wednesday.
Daily STAR headlined "Dialogue Sabotaged," saying "the extremist groups that wanted to exploit the gathering crowds in Taksim moved to reignite the abating protests by throwing stones and petrol bombs at the police. Daily SABAH published Prime Minister's remarks on Tuesday regarding the protests, quoting him as saying "the demonstrations were clearly used by some capital groups, interest-rate lobbies and media organizations. The protesters need to see the big picture."
Daily SABAH also published a photograph that went viral on Twitter, featuring an individual wearing a pistol visible under his trousers. Some Twitter users claimed the person was an undercover police officer, but this claim was refuted by Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu, who tweeted the individual was an ex-convict of terror-related crimes and he was later arrested by the police.
Turkish dailies covered the arrest of Nasir Eskiocak, the leading suspect in Reyhanli twin car bombings that occurred along Turkey-Syria border on May 11. Eskiocak was arrested after his return to Hatay for the first time since the explosions that left 52 people dead and dozens injured. He was in the course of planning a new attack, the police said.
Turkish dailies covered the verdict on an airstrike in December, 2011 in the northeastern border town of Uludere by the Turkish army that killed 34 citizens on account of erroneous intelligence that they were terrorists entering Turkey illegally. Daily TARAF headlined "And closure on Uludere", saying the Prosecutor's Office in Diyarbakir made a decision of non-jurisdiction, leaving the case to military prosecution.
Turkish dailies also covered a reducing of charges for Deniz Seki, a pop singer who was handed last year a prison sentence of six years and three months on drug trafficking. Daily TARAF said the Court of Cassation, the highest judicial authority in the country, reversed the six year sentence and resolved that it be reduced by half.
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