29/10/2012 16:58
Turkish police tried to break up demonstration in Ankara
Police have used tear gas and water cannons to try to break up a demonstration by tens of thousands of pro-secular protesters, but the march went on despite a government ban, the Fox News reported.
The celebration of the founding of the Turkish republic has in the past few years become a symbol of the divide between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's elected, Islamic-leaning government and its opponents who fear the country's secular traditions are in danger.
The Ankara governor's office last week denied authorization for the march, citing security reason.