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September 13, 2013

Turkey: Mass Protests Erupt After Death of Demonstrator 
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Mass demonstrations continued for a third night across Turkey following
the death of a 22-year-old protester on Tuesday. According to Turkish
news reports, witnesses said Ahmet Atakan was hit in the head with a
tear-gas canister at an action to condemn earlier police violence and
protest government construction projects. But officials say Atakan died
after falling from a building. On Thursday, Amnesty International called
on the United States and other countries to suspend shipments of tear
gas and other police equipment to Turkey amid what they termed an
"abusive use of force" by the authorities.