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Interest, with this country. is erdogan winning against the protesters? should he be? >> thats one, people say the cost of a command economy where the government have so much control. you often see authoritarianism. sorry to interrupt you here. the police seem to be moving in toward the direction of gezi park at this point. we dont know if theyre heading into the park themselves or down towards the side of there. but there seems to be phases of this police operation. but to go back to your point...

Barricades, starting up what appears to be another escalation in what has been a day, a day of extreme violence in a place that sees it very little. i want to go live to our nick paton walsh, standing by, who has been covering 18 hours of the tear gas volley. not only that, but the rocks and the stones and the water cannons. nick is standing by also. he has got a gas mask on as well. so i just caution you it is a little tricky to make out what our reporters are saying. they have been coping with...

Happen for years? >> you know, i think what we saw in these days was a protest conservationi conservationists, trying to keep the trees, and then so many people wanting an apology for the tear gas. self-fulfilling prophecy. the more police, the more tear gas, the more protesters followed hours later. there was a lull for a week in the police tactics. and now they have come up here again. the earlier point, ashleigh, about the point of clash of cultures within turkey. so much of what people love ...

A substantial move by police. a phase to move down both sides of the park. a square in which all the tents are encamped. there are trees in there. many people still inside. dense conditions there, certainly. just pause so you can hear some of the tear gas. >> we are seeing it go off live. fireworks. nick, it seems so disorganized from at least our perspective. i november i -- i know it is fignight fall. do we get any sense of strategy, organization, on the part of the protesters or the respondin...

Theyre screaming for a doctor to help that man. >> arwa, please make sure you and the crew are okay at this point. if there is incoming. i can see theyre picking up rocks and volleying them. if there is any danger. and get out of there. please let us know the minute you need to shut this down. >> yeah, yeah, we will do. we will do. the canister they lobbed back in the other direction. >> can you characterize -- who the protesters are? arwa, earlier, these were a lot of peaceful protesters, prote...