Turkey protests escalate, activists call for 'revolution'

Groups of protesters remained as night fell over Istanbul's Taksim Square on Sunday June 2.

The square is the epicentre of anti-government protests that have swept Turkey since Friday May 31.

They were sparked by a police crackdown on a peaceful sit-in to prevent Taksim's Gezi Park being redeveloped as part of plans to revamp Taksim.

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