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"A total of 204 people were arrested and turned over to judicial authorities for having taken part in illegal activities," Muammer Guler said, referring to the demonstrations during the NATO summit held here Monday and Tuesday.
On Monday, some 2,000 anti-NATO protestors armed with stones and petrol bombs clashed with police who responded with water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas in central Istanbul. Nearly 60 people were reported injured.
Turkish riot police on Tuesday also broke up a demonstration against the NATO summit, using pepper gas and truncheons against protestors and detaining 21 of them, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Guler said 34 policemen and 22 activists were injured during the incidents.
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