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Inside Europe: Turkey probes Gezi park judges

Dorian Jones
February 21, 2020

Seven years ago, peaceful sit-ins protested the Turkish government's plans to redevelop Gezi Park in Istanbul. After a police crackdown, demonstrations morphed into nationwide anti-government protests. Nine defendants were acquitted on Tuesday of seeking to overthrow the government. Plot twist: now the judges who acquitted them are being investigated. Keith Walker talks to DW's Dorian Jones.

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