"ISTANBUL - Turkey erupted over the weekend into its fiercest demonstrations in years, with 939 people arrested in more than 90 separate demonstrations around the country. More than 1,000 people have been wounded in Istanbul and several hundred more in Ankara, according to medics. Amnesty International on Sunday also referred to reports of two deaths in the protest, but that information could not be confirmed. On Sunday, Taksim Square was almost empty as rain set in. Protesters left at the scene said they expect demonstrators to return at the afternoon, after the weather improves. The unrest was triggered by protests against government plans to build a replica Ottoman-era barracks to house shops or apartments in Taksim, long a venue for political protest. But it has widened into a broader show of defiance against Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP)."
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